Mika

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.

In the past, it weighed on me because nobody in my family is gay. I had no role models so I had to find my own way.

Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

With the lessons taken from the financial crisis in 1997, the Republic of Korea has been able to surmount the global economic crisis rather successfully.

I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.