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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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Mika
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: August 18
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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More quotes by Mika
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 was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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We all have to be dishes on a plate eventually, with the way we are marketed, but I have no intention of being a cheap Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.
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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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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 have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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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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My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
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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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I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
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I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.
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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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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 was born out of classical music.
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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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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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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 stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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