Bruno Mars Quotes
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You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.
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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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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 signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.
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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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There are no record companies in Waikiki.
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I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.
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I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.
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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.
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You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.
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If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.
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Honolulu is a melting pot.
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I definitely don't plead guilty to being a heartthrob.
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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.
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You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.
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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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I just know that I'm a fan of all different kinds of genres. You're supposed to be free doing music, and that's how I feel.
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Someone told me something that stuck with me: 'You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.' I've been living by that motto for a while, so I see where I need to be. Now I'm just backtracking and trying to get back up there.
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In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.
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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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You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.
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My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.
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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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I know a lot of artists say this, but it's hard to put myself in a box. I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming form a special place. There's no tricks.