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.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

I've done gospel songs on every album.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.