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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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Phoenix
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Mica Mika Penniman
Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
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In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.
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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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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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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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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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I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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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 always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the record companies said I was way too weird and the indie people wouldn't even let me in their band.
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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 was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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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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I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
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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 say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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I can't just listen to music walking down the street unless I have a reason to. I can't just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane.
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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 write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.
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Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew.
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