Mika
Mika
Mika is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 August 1983
thinking genres-of-music genre
I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.
deny limitation
You can't deny your limitations.
people cheesy groups
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.
kids ties bows
I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
writing draws visuals
Everything I do is very visual and very aural, so I don't read music, and I draw as much as I write out lyrics.
writing
Everything I write is about me.
country father knows
I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.
writing people outsiders
Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
gay past role-models
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.
disarming melody
Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
thinking faces ugly
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.
song thinking matter
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.
moving order dancer
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.
mother dad real
My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn't into the whole junior thing.