Mika
Mika
Mika is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth18 August 1983
art book eye
I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.
ends knows one-thing
The one thing about me is that I don’t even know where I’ll end up, and I don’t know what I’ll be doing but I know that I’ll never really stop.
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.