Mika Quotes

The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

My relationship with my mother is not cute.

Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.

My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive.

I love collaborating with strong women.

I’m obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.

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.

Hype is scary.

I’m dangerously generous.

I’m not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

I have opinions on everything. I’m a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

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.

Oh, I’m quite harmless in real life.

My life isn’t tabloid-friendly.

Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.

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.

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.

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.

A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That’s where I’m free.

Melody is disarming. It’s anarchic!

I collect toys.

You can’t believe the amount of speculation you get over your private life.

I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.

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.

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.

I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.

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.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

I lack trust in others.

New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.

I was born out of classical music.

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.

I’m fascinated by religion, but I’m not particularly religious.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

I found school pretty tough. I got the mickey taken out of me at school.

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.

I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.

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.

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.

I’ve never, ever labeled myself.

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.

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.

To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!