Quotes from Mika

So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.

Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.

I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.

I love collaborating with strong women.

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

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

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.

I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

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

There's always apprehension whenever I launch anything, it seems. When I launch a tour, people are always, 'Oooh, is this gonna work?' And when I launch an album: 'Ooh, is this gonna work?' Or a new video. 'Really?' It's always like that - but I've always acted on the impulse that I have nothing to lose.

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.

I love you in the morning, in the middle of the day, in the hours we are together, and the hours we are away...

I don't know where my father is from. I just don't. He's lived in so many countries.