Mika Quotes

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

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

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.

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

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

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

No one knows what I am and really, I wonder if I do, at the end of the day.

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

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

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

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.

Oh, I'm quite harmless in real life.

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.

I'm not interested in what they have to say. I'm only interested in people that are interested in me for the right reasons.

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

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!

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.

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.

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

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 can't just listen to music walking down the street unless I have a reason to. I can't just listen to music as a piece of junk in the background. It drives me insane.

So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes.

Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!

Grace Kelly was written after these musicians were trying to mold me into what I should be. I was really angry and so I wrote the song and mailed them the lyrics. They didn't call me back, but two years later it's come full circle.