Bruno Mars Quotes
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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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I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I'm in awe of her.
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'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.
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No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.
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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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It's probably the worst feeling in the world, when you're deeply and madly in love with a woman and you know she's not feeling you the same way, and you don't know why.
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You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! And so that's what you're gonna get!
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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 don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.
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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've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid.
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Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there's music in the air there.
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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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My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.
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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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Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple.
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I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.
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I don't try and be dark, but there are obviously darker emotions that I want to capture sometimes.
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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.