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 More Quotes by Mika More Quotes From Mika I wanted to make an unashamed pop record. I became obsessed with Disney soundtracks from the '50s, so I decided to make my own. Mika soundtracks obsessed records Grace Kelly was written after these musicians were trying to mold me into what I should be. I was really angry and so I wrote the song and mailed them the lyrics. They didn't call me back, but two years later it's come full circle. Mika circles song years I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre. Mika junkie genre bigs My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive. Mika fairytale childhood records New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur. Mika blur dangerous new-york 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 buffets chinese way The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s. Mika used stars way I completely understand the responsibility I have in continuing the sonic style that I have created. Mika style continuing responsibility A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot. Mika stylist might looks Over the past few days I have been fighting off a virus that has affected the majority of my band and crew. Mika majority fighting past Never trust a man in red trousers Mika clothes men funny I am totally unapologetic about pop music. Mika pop-music unapologetic pops 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 blue mean people Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music. Mika candid normal-life normal 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 wish running people 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 shy people thinking I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I'm repelled by it. Mika fashion world thinking I am very suspicious of people. Mika suspicious people I can see how weird I was. One day I decided the school needed a Christmas tree and spent hours dragging this huge beast of a tree into school. No one was pleased. I got two weeks detention because I was 45 minutes late and had made a big mess of leaves and soil all over the building. All the kids just laughed at me. Mika two kids school Most people's jobs are rooted in reality. Mika jobs reality people
