Top 45 Mika Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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.

My relationship with my mother is not cute.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

I never talk about anything to do with my sexuality.

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

I love collaborating with strong women.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

I want to make big-sounding pop records.

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

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.

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

Most people’s jobs are rooted in reality.

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

I was born out of classical music.

The music industry doesn’t exist the way it used to. You’ll never have another star like the stars of the ’90s.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Oh, I’m quite harmless in real life.

I am terrible at relationships.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I certainly don’t follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I’m repelled by it.

You can’t deny your limitations.

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.