Bruno Mars Quotes

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them.

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.

I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I'm learning every day. And that's the fun part.

I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

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.

Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent; got kiss myself I'm so pretty.

I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do.

Honolulu is a melting pot.

A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don't know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn't have cash on him.

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

I got so much love for classical music and I hear so much incredible music.You should know a bunch of music and have respect for all sorts of genres and styles of music.

I felt like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I'm out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars.

I don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.

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

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

There are no record companies in Waikiki.

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.

I am so proud and so happy to be Filipino.

I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go straight to the point.

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.

With my being from Hawaii and being very family oriented I don't really have a fear of a tragic ending. I dont see any tragic ending for me.

The confidence Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson exuded from stage, I'm a fan of.

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

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

I wish I could tell you me and my rock band were traveling around, strung out. No, we were a family band. Straight Partridge Family.

'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

I'm the Nickelodeon version of DangerMouse.

You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.

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

As proud as I am of Doo-Wops I feel like, 'Oh, man. People haven't seen nothing. They don't even know what I'm about to do,' and that's what I can't wait to show the world.

I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.

There will never be another Michael Jackson, a huge pop star since (the age of) 7.

People can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics or young girls, or older girls. The way I talk is the way I write a song.

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.

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of been like my habitat.

Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple.

My dad was just the king of finding these little spots for us to stay that we should never have been staying at.

In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home.

Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.