Song Quotes by Bruno Mars

No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.

— Bruno Mars

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

— Bruno Mars

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

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

— Bruno Mars

Sometimes I like the songs I write and sometimes I wanna shoot them in the face.

— Bruno Mars

I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan.

— Bruno Mars

To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free.

— Bruno Mars

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Bruno Mars

Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be…

— Bruno Mars

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

— Bruno Mars

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

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

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

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

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

A lot of people are really quick to say, "That song sounds like this." Or you - "He's tryin' to sound like…

— Bruno Mars

It's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, and hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants…

— Bruno Mars

I'm hoping that "Nothin' On You", "Billionaire" and "Just The Way You Are" - songs that I produced... I hope that it's…

— Bruno Mars

It's just all love. That's what music is. That's why music is created. To make people feel good, to uplift people. That's…

— Bruno Mars

Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your…

— Bruno Mars

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

— Bruno Mars

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

— Bruno Mars

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

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

Whether it be a reggae song, rock song, a love song, the main thing was just to, whatever I was feeling, to…

— Bruno Mars

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

I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the…

— Bruno Mars

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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

— Bruno Mars

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