Mika

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...

I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.

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

Mixed reactions? Sure, I get them all the time. I'm a Marmite artist.

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.

Everything I do is very visual and very aural, so I don't read music, and I draw as much as I write out lyrics.

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

I collect toys.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

You can't deny your limitations.