Top 90 Mika Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “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!”

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2. “The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That’s where I’m free.”

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3. “Oh, I’m quite harmless in real life.”

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

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

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6. “In the stock market, when you are right, you make a little money; when you are wrong, you learn a lot of lessons, so you always win!”

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7. “I have opinions on everything. I’m a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.”

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8. “Live your life until love is found Or love’s gonna get you down.”

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9. “Life without hope, the slavery of mankind-a bondage so hopeless that slaves will no longer know they are slaves. Wealth without happiness, abundance without the power to enjoy it. The death of the spirit.”

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10. “I am very suspicious of people.”

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11. “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.”

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12. “I was born out of classical music.”

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

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14. “Clear skies will mean you are happy. Rain will mean you’re crying. Sunset means you are embarrassed. Night will mean you are gently holding me.”

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15. “Life is a hot day, perhaps death is a cool night. Life is a shallow bay, perhaps death is a clear, deep sea.”

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

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

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18. “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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19. “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.”

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20. “When you’re not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.”

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21. “I am terrible at relationships.”

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

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23. “In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.”

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

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25. “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.”

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26. “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.”

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27. “Did you know, I’m still in love with this blue sky until forever and ever, eternally.”

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28. “Never trust a man in red trousers.”

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29. “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.”

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30. “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.”

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31. “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.”

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32. “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.”

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33. “I’ve always said in the press, I can fall in love with a man. I can fall in love with a woman. And I’ve always said that I have no shame in that.”

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34. “My relationship with my mother is not cute.”

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

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36. “I don’t know where my father is from. I just don’t. He’s lived in so many countries.”

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

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38. “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.”

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39. “I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.”

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40. “Part of me sees myself as talented, and the other part sees me as strange. Ideas get stuck in your head and nothing changes them. Not even fame.”

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41. “My real name is Mica, spelled with a C. My dad is called Michael. He wanted me to be called Michael but my mother said over her dead body. She wasn’t into the whole junior thing.”

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42. “My life isn’t tabloid-friendly.”

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43. “A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.”

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44. “It’s very hard to find men’s clothes that do what you want, especially when you go through them as quickly as I do. I need them to be flashy, but I never like to be overdressed. I need to make a statement, but I hate wearing too many clothes.”

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

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46. “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.”

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47. “If I really like the smell of something – a piece of tar or my goddaughter’s plastic doll – I put a tiny piece in a bottle with a label. I keep them in a fridge in my bathroom.”

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48. “Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother.”

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49. “I’m always calling my doctor because I’m constantly injuring myself while on the road, like tearing a ligament, blasting my ears or losing my voice. Plus, I’m a total hypochondriac.”

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50. “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.”

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