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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
Actor
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.
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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.
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Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.
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I'm not interested in what they have to say. I'm only interested in people that are interested in me for the right reasons.
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I can't just listen to music walking down the street unless I have a reason to. I can't just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane.
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No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.
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Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.
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I was born out of classical music.
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Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!
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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.
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So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.
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I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I'm repelled by it.
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Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.
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I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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In the stock market, when you are right, you make a little money when you are wrong, you learn a lot of lessons, so you always win!
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