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My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.
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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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What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.
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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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Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.
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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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You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.
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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 love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan.
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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.
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I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun.
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Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.
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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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I grew up listening to the Police, I grew up performing in bars, singing Police songs.
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Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don't know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from 'Redemption Song' to 'Is This Love?' and 'I Shot the Sheriff.'
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I think that success is having fun.
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When it's your time, it is your time.
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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.
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What I'm hoping is that every album I'm going to do will give my audience something different, and that they'll grow as I do.
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I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.'
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No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.
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I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it's so beautiful, like the melody is just gorgeous and you know Bob Marley is on the radio every single day. It's very reggae-influenced down there. Basically, you haven't been to paradise if you haven't been to Hawaii.
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I don't ever want to come out with something safe and get away with, 'It sounds good!' It's got to be more than sounding good. The music I like are events.
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Ever since I was a kid, this was all I wanted to do. I've wanted to do music. I wanted to sing. It's all I know.
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