Mika
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Podcast Appearances
And so we would drive there.
I always remember it was pouring with rain.
It was like 3 p.m.
She had taken me out of school to do this.
That was the exchange.
I didn't have to go to school, but I had to go and sell my songs.
And I walk into the lobby of Warner Music.
You're 12 years old.
12, 13, yeah.
And I have my little hand-decorated, hand-drawn MICA songs.
And I go up to the secretary at the reception desk.
And I knew that my mom was staring at me through the window.
And I hustled.
And I had to hustle.
And you know what?
I was...
Dying of embarrassment inside.
And I knew I had no choice because I got that day off school and this was what I had to do in exchange.
That's amazing.
Do you know I worked my way up that building?