Mika Quotes

Artless fairy stories enchant us in our first years and retain their hold on us until our last.

I think the thing that strikes you when you come back to 'The Little Mermaid' after all of these years is the simplicity and innocence. That's in the look of it, and that's in the sound of it.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

There's nothing I liked visually of the period I was a child. There was no dream in it, and nothing sparkled.

I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.

I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

As kids, we lived in this magical world and roamed free in the gardens. I was obsessed with 'Alice in Wonderland.' My dad cut the hedges so that they started shorter and grew taller, so I could run up and down and feel like I was shrinking.

I live in a wonderful world of make-believe. A world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A world of Winnie the Pooh and Edward Bear. Things like that. Wonderful things. Funny things.

As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready.

There's something about girls and unicorns that's deep and meaningful. Something about childhood.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.

Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.

Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.

I feel it's like being a kid and dressing up, because that's what Baby Jane is.

I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into classical music. It was totally inspiring to me.

Between the theme parks and the movies, the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to. Walt was able to expose me as a child to the full array of emotions, including fear and sorrow. Those movies and attractions haunted my dreams and made a deep impression on me as a child.

I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

The magic of Disneyland, walking through the tunnel underneath the train station to Main Street, it just transports you to other places and other times.

Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.

When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day.

When I was a kid, Disney was one of my gods. I just loved movies like 'Snow White' and 'Pinocchio.'

When I was a kid, I really loved watching 'Cinderella.' It's a fantasy, and every girl knows that real life isn't always like these movies, but as a child, I just really loved the story of 'Cinderella.' I found it to be so romantic and just a beautiful movie to watch.

I think the secret to what Jim Henson did, ultimately, is that he understood how to cut through to the... I know this sounds corny... but the child inside of you.

I love fantasy; I love imagination - that's the inner child in me.

If I wasn't a singer, I would be a fairy princess.