MIKA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.

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

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

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.

Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.

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

I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

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

Everything I write is about me.

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

Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.

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

I am very suspicious of people.

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

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.