Quotes from Mika

Live your life until love is found Or love's gonna get you down

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

Hype is scary.

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.

I collect toys.

I kinda flirt with everything and everyone, no matter if it's a tree or a coffee cup. I can't resist.

Never trust a man in red trousers

Perhaps self-esteem is just the sum of self-love and self-confidence. People with high self-esteem know they deserve a good life and that they can get almost everything they focus on!

As a teenager, in my songbook, I used to script what my lighting would be like. I used to dance in my roo;, it was like putting myself in a trance, and making myself feel good about things, almost like a private ceremony of begging people to like 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.

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

To me, being a classical snob in the highest possible way and being an indie snob is just as bad!

I've never, ever labeled myself.

I lack trust in others.

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

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

Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!

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.

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

I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.

I completely understand the responsibility I have in continuing the sonic style that I have created.

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.

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

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.