Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Mika

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.

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.

I was born out of classical music.

Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.

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

I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.

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

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.

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'm dangerously generous.

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

You can't deny your limitations.

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

In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.

You can't believe the amount of speculation you get over your private life.

I love collaborating with strong women.

My life isn't tabloid-friendly.

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.

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

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

Hype is scary.

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.

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 think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

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

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

Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!

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

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.

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.

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

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

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

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'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 am terrible at relationships.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

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.

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

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

Anyone who tries to diss me in comparison to Queen, it just renders all their criticisms completely futile. That's quite pleasurable.

My relationship with my mother is not cute.

Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.

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

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

I think, 'How could anybody mock a good pop song?' It is timeless; it transcends barriers; it breaks down every single type of social barrier that you can possibly have. It can deal with the most difficult subjects, even if it abstracts the subject matter.

I am very suspicious of people.

I lack trust in others.

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.

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.

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.

I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.

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

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.

I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.

Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.

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

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