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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
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Phoenix
Arizona
Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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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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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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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 don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.
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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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New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
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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 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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