Mika Quotes

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Mika

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 18, 1983

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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I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.

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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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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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I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

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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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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 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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My relationship with my mother is not cute.

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I am terrible at relationships.

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I'm dangerously generous.

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I've never, ever labeled myself.

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If I really like the smell of something - a piece of tar or my goddaughter's plastic doll - I put a tiny piece in a bottle with a label. I keep them in a fridge in my bathroom.

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I'm not a great dancer. I know I'm not. But I know that I can move. I can throw shapes, just not in the right order.

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You can't deny your limitations.

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I love collaborating with strong women.

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I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

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I think, 'How could anybody mock a good pop song?' It is timeless; it transcends barriers; it breaks down every single type of social barrier that you can possibly have. It can deal with the most difficult subjects, even if it abstracts the subject matter.

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