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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
Actor
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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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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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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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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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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I was born out of classical music.
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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 think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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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 write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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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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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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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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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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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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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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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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