Mika quotes

I really want people to know me, to find out about me, and if they really like me, to stick with me. (Mika)
I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
Mika
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.
Mika
I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.
Mika
The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
Mika
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.
Mika
I am totally unapologetic about pop music.
Mika
My life isn't tabloid-friendly.
Mika
The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.
Mika
I am very suspicious of people.
Mika
Part of me sees myself as talented, and the other part sees me as strange. Ideas get stuck in your head and nothing changes them. Not even fame. (Mika)
We all have to be dishes on a plate eventually, with the way we are marketed, but I have no intention of being a cheap Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.
Mika
I want to make big-sounding pop records.
Mika
I found school pretty tough. I got the mickey taken out of me at school.
Mika
My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive.
Mika
New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
Mika
I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
Mika
Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.
Mika
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.
Mika
In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
Mika
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. (Mika)
A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.
Mika
I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.
Mika
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.
Mika
I was born out of classical music.
Mika