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I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the record companies said I was way too weird and the indie people wouldn't even let me in their band.
Mika
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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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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 was born out of classical 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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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.
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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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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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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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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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I'd never compare myself to Freddie Mercury because I look up to him far too much. As an artist, not necessarily as a person.
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I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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