Bruno Mars Quotes

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Bruno Mars

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 8, 1985

I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.

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Honolulu is a melting pot.

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I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.

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There are no record companies in Waikiki.

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In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

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Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.

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I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.

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Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

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I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song.

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I don't like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know.

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I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I'm in awe of her.

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My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.

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I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart.

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I love that I can talk to my fans through Twitter, to cut out the middle man. Because I've done interviews where my words have gotten twisted, so it's nice to be able to have things coming straight from me.

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Everyone calls me Bruno; they don't ever call me Peter - that was just my government name.

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I don't think anyone ever plans to change line-ups, but it's something that comes with being in bands. I was in a band once and there were always problems - members come and go - and some of the world's biggest bands have changed line-ups loads!

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I've definitely seen bands before they made money kind of change their thing on the next tour, and I prefer it when it's a little more raw.

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'Nothin' on You' by B.o.B was the first song where I heard myself on the radio. I'd been trying my whole career to write a song like that, which incorporates live instruments with hip-hop and singing.

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Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on a unicorn?

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I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

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