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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.

Mika

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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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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.
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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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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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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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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 don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.
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I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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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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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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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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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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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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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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I was born out of classical music.
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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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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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