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Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.
Mika
2.
I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?
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Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.
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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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When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
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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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The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
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8.
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
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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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10.
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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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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I'm not interested in what they have to say. I'm only interested in people that are interested in me for the right reasons.
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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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14.
In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
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15.
Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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16.
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.
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17.
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 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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Did you know, I'm still in love with this blue sky until forever and ever, eternally.
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21.
Live your life until love is found Or love's gonna get you down
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22.
I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
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23.
Mixed reactions? Sure, I get them all the time. I'm a Marmite artist.
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24.
I kinda flirt with everything and everyone, no matter if it's a tree or a coffee cup. I can't resist.
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25.
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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26.
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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27.
It's very hard to find men's clothes that do what you want, especially when you go through them as quickly as I do. I need them to be flashy, but I never like to be overdressed. I need to make a statement, but I hate wearing too many clothes.
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28.
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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29.
Never trust a man in red trousers
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30.
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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31.
No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.
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32.
My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn't into the whole junior thing.
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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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You never know which gig is going to be your last.
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35.
Perhaps self-esteem is just the sum of self-love and self-confidence. People with high self-esteem know they deserve a good life and that they can get almost everything they focus on!
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Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!
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Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit.
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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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Basically, it is your self-esteem that shapes the choice of your job, female, friends, and how you take care of yourself (health/hygiene/hobby's)!
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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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It's [F1] your life. You're focused on just one thing and there's no room for anything else. Friends don't necessarily understand, because the way you think about life develops completely differently to how it does for normal people.
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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.
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43.
Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
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44.
Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.
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45.
So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes.
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46.
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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47.
Everything I write is about me.
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I completely understand the responsibility I have in continuing the sonic style that I have created.
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49.
Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
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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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