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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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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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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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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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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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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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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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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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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 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.
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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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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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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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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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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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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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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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