Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.
From Mika
I'm obsessed with plastic. I like the syntheticness.
My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive.
We all have to be dishes on a plate eventually, with the way we are marketed, but I have no intention of being a cheap Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.
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.
The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.
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.
In fact, no one has ever really wanted to go on a date with me.
I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.
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