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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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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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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 think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.
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Some people say I've got a five-octave range, which is ridiculous. That would mean I'd sing like Mariah Carey or that alien in 'The Fifth Element.' And I'm nothing like that blue alien. I've got a range of about 3 1/2 octaves.
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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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No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.
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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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I was born out of classical music.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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We all have to be dishes on a plate eventually, with the way we are marketed, but I have no intention of being a cheap Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.
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I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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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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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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