I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, this was all I wanted to do. I've wanted to do music. I wanted to sing.… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Sometimes I like the songs I write and sometimes I wanna shoot them in the face. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I'm learning every day. And that's the fun part. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are,… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Whether it be a reggae song, rock song, a love song, the main thing was just to, whatever I was feeling, to… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
It's dedicating yourself to your craft. Spending thousands of hours in a studio learning how to write a song, learning how to… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
My goals are - I don't need much. I'm a simple man. I think that success is having fun. And when I'm… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock &… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
A lot of people are really quick to say, "That song sounds like this." Or you - "He's tryin' to sound like… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
My father's a musician and my mother's a singer. My dad's originally from Brooklyn and he was a Latin percussionist so I've… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Every time I try to write a song, when I sit down and think I'm going to write, I really want to… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I write a lot of songs about being in love, how beautiful women are but I've definitely experienced that other side of… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitar player in the world... a guy who mastered that instrument. It was talking when he played.… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I feel like you have to constantly keep proving yourself, and you have to constantly keep getting out there and showing them… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
People can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I want there to be a piece of me in my music, you know? I genuinely believe that's the secret of all… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
'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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I wish I could tell you me and my rock band were traveling around, strung out. No, we were a family band.… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although)… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to come out with something safe and get away with, 'It sounds good!' It's got to be more… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share
When I see your face theres not athing that I would change cuz ur amazing just the way you are and when you smile… — Bruno Mars Copy Share
If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you — Bruno Mars Copy Share
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share
If you ever leave me baby Leave some morphine at my door Cause It will take a whole lot of medicine to realize What… — Bruno Mars Copy Share
Don't feel like picking up my phone. So leave a message at the tone. 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything. — Bruno Mars Copy Share
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share
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… — Bruno Mars Copy Share
