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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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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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Coloured
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Trousers
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Ties

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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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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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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The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.
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I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.
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The one thing about me is that I don’t even know where I’ll end up, and I don’t know what I’ll be doing but I know that I’ll never really stop.
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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn't into the whole junior thing.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!
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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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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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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 born out of classical music.
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My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references it was all about being naive.
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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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I've always said in the press, I can fall in love with a man. I can fall in love with a woman. And I've always said that I have no shame in that.
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Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.
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I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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