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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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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
Actor
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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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 say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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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No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.
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Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!
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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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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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Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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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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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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