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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.
Mika
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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
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Phoenix
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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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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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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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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Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.
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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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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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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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Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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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 say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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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To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!
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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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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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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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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I was born out of classical music.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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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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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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