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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 don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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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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I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
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I was born out of classical music.
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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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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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The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.
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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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No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.
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Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I'm repelled by it.
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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'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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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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Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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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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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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