Top 55 Mika Quotes

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.

I am terrible at relationships.

I found school pretty tough. I got the mickey taken out of me at school.

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

Oh, I’m quite harmless in real life.

I lack trust in others.

When you’re not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

I love collaborating with strong women.

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.

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

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.

Never had any idols, ever. I never had any posters, nothing.

New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.

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

I have opinions on everything. I’m a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

Some people make records that are defined by their sexuality, but mine really are not.

I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.

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.

I really want people to know me, to find out about me, and if they really like me, to stick with me.

My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive.

My relationship with my mother is not cute.

I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

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.

I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.

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

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

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.

I’m dangerously generous.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Most people’s jobs are rooted in reality.

My life isn’t tabloid-friendly.

I’m a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.

I can’t just listen to music walking down the street unless I have a reason to. I can’t just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane.

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

When you come from nowhere, I am fully aware of the fact that people have to compare you to other artists to kind of place you.

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

A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.

It’s very hard to find men’s clothes that do what you want, especially when you go through them as quickly as I do. I need them to be flashy, but I never like to be overdressed. I need to make a statement, but I hate wearing too many clothes.

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

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.

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

Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It’s brilliant, ’cause it’s anti-snob.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

Melody is disarming. It’s anarchic!

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.

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.

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.

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.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That’s where I’m free.