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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
Actor
Musician
Pianist
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Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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Mexico
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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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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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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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In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.
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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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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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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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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their 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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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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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 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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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 think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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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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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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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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