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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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More quotes by Mika
It's [F1] your life. You're focused on just one thing and there's no room for anything else. Friends don't necessarily understand, because the way you think about life develops completely differently to how it does for normal people.
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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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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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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
Mika
In the stock market, when you are right, you make a little money when you are wrong, you learn a lot of lessons, so you always win!
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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.
Mika
I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
Mika
Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
Mika
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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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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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 life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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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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.
Mika
I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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
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.
Mika
