I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record. Mika More Quotes by Mika More Quotes From Mika In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself. Mika song attention character Mixed reactions? Sure, I get them all the time. I'm a Marmite artist. Mika marmite reactions artist I found school pretty tough. I got the mickey taken out of me at school. Mika tough taken school 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 mercury artist looks I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness. Mika plastic obsessed Never had any idols, ever. I never had any posters, nothing. Mika posters idols Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob. Mika gaga brilliant causes I love collaborating with strong women. Mika collaborating strong-women strong I want to make big-sounding pop records. Mika records bigs want I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality. Mika sexuality I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else. Mika want writing song 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. Mika creating artist giving I lack trust in others. Mika lack others trust Some people make records that are defined by their sexuality, but mine really are not. Mika some-people some sexuality people You can't believe the amount of speculation you get over your private life. Mika your you life believe 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 good myself you dance
