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Mika Quotes

As a teenager, in my songbook, I used to script what my lighting would be like. I used to dance in my roo;, it was like putting myself in a trance, and making myself feel good about things, almost like a private ceremony of begging people to like you.

– Mika

I am terrible at relationships.

– Mika

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.

– Mika

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

– Mika

Hype is scary.

– Mika

I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I’m proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

– Mika

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

– Mika

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

– Mika

You never know which gig is going to be your last.

– Mika

Mixed reactions? Sure, I get them all the time. I’m a Marmite artist.

– Mika

I’ve never, ever labeled myself.

– Mika

I lack trust in others.

– Mika

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

– Mika

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.

– Mika

I am very suspicious of people.

– 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’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.

– 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

I completely understand the responsibility I have in continuing the sonic style that I have created.

– Mika

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

– Mika

Melody is disarming. It’s anarchic!

– Mika

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.

– Mika

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.

– 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

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

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

– Mika

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

– Mika

Oh, I’m quite harmless in real life.

– Mika

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

– Mika

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.

– Mika

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