Mika quotes - page 3

Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life. (Mika)
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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I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
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I am terrible at relationships.
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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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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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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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Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.
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Everything I do is very visual and very aural, so I don't read music, and I draw as much as I write out lyrics.
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Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
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I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time. (Mika)
Mixed reactions? Sure, I get them all the time. I'm a Marmite artist.
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I'm not creating an enigma or leaving mystery, I'm just respecting myself enough as an artist to give myself room to grow and not to be devoured all in one go.
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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'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 necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.
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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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The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.
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Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob.
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I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
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