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Mika
British
Musician
Born:
Aug 18
,
1983
About
Me
Music
Myself
People
You
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Cat Stevens
Freddie Mercury
George Harrison
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Sting
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.
Mika
You
People
Care
Too Much
Think
Too
Say
About
Only
True
Because
Am
Egotism
Maybe
Just
Form
Much
They Say
Shy
Shyness
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
Myself
Good
You
Feel Good
People
Dance
Teenager
Would
Would-Be
About
Songbook
Almost
Putting
Feel
Lighting
Like
Making
Private
Begging
Trance
Script
Ceremony
Used
Things
I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.
Mika
Religion
Religious
Particularly
Fascinated
I completely understand the responsibility I have in continuing the sonic style that I have created.
Mika
Responsibility
Style
Sonic
Understand
Continuing
Created
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
Time
People
Wish
Running
Running Away
Guts
Faces
More
Had
Instead
Because
Said
Just
Younger
Then
Away
Things
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
People
Alien
Some People
Nothing
Say
Range
Would
People Say
Some
About
Like
Sing
Got
Blue
Which
Mean
Fifth
Element
Ridiculous
Mariah Carey
In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
Mika
Me
Date
Fact
No-One
Go
In Fact
Wanted
Really
Ever
Everything I write is about me.
Mika
Me
Everything
About
Write
Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.
Mika
Life
Music
Become
Increasingly
Reclusive
More
Open
Feel
Normal
Normal Life
Candid
Strangely
The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
Mika
Free
Stage
Ring
Boxing
Territory
Where
I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.
Mika
Music
Dance
Big
Dance Music
Like
Genre
Clubbing
Really
Necessarily
Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.
Mika
Sometimes
Lunch
Think
Dress
About
Having
Like
Because
Want
Tuna
Sandwich
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.
Mika
Me
You
Ugly
Face
Think
Otherwise
Tell
Know
Always
Got
Am
Still
Odd
New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
Mika
Me
You
Dangerous
Bit
Dangerous Place
New
Because
Leave
York
Often
New York
Blur
Place
I lack trust in others.
Mika
Trust
Others
Lack
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
Myself
Me
Strange
Nothing
Other
Changes
Sees
Stuck
Part
Head
Talented
Ideas
Fame
Get
Them
Your
Even
I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.
Mika
Sexuality
About
Never
Talk
Anything
Some people make records that are defined by their sexuality, but mine really are not.
Mika
People
Some People
Mine
Defined
Sexuality
Some
Records
Make
Really
I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
Mika
Teenager
Bit
Loner
Outsider
Quiet
Quite
Little
Little Bit
Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
Mika
Anarchic
Melody
Disarming
You can't believe the amount of speculation you get over your private life.
Mika
Life
You
Believe
Over
Private
Private Life
Get
Your
Amount
Speculation
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
Time
Project
Find
Brought
Throughout
Write
Songs
Identity
Around
Cultures
Up
Different
Want
Different Cultures
Moving
Many
I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
Mika
Music
Think
Generally
Genres
Lot
Transcends
My relationship with my mother is not cute.
Mika
Relationship
Mother
Cute
I'm dangerously generous.
Mika
Dangerously
Generous
I've never, ever labeled myself.
Mika
Myself
Never
Labeled
Ever
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