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Mika Quotes

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The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.
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My relationship with my mother is not cute.
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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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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’m obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
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I was always told I was ugly. I still think I am ugly. I know I’ve got an odd face and you can’t tell me otherwise.
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Hype is scary.
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I’m not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.
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I’m always calling my doctor because I’m constantly injuring myself while on the road, like tearing a ligament, blasting my ears or losing my voice. Plus, I’m a total hypochondriac.
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Oh, I’m quite harmless in real life.
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My life isn’t tabloid-friendly.
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Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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When you come from nowhere, I am fully aware of the fact that people have to compare you to other artists to kind of place you.
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They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.
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There’s always apprehension whenever I launch anything, it seems. When I launch a tour, people are always, ‘Oooh, is this gonna work?’ And when I launch an album: ‘Ooh, is this gonna work?’ Or a new video. ‘Really?’ It’s always like that – but I’ve always acted on the impulse that I have nothing to lose.
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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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Melody is disarming. It’s anarchic!
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I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.
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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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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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I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
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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 say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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 was born out of classical music.
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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’m fascinated by religion, but I’m not particularly religious.
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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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I am totally unapologetic about pop music.
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I found school pretty tough. I got the mickey taken out of me at school.
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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 never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.
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In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.
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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’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 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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To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!
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