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Bruno Mars

American

October 8, 1985

Musician

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Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple.

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When it's your time, it is your time.

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There are no record companies in Waikiki.

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I definitely don't plead guilty to being a heartthrob.

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I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I'm in awe of her.

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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.

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

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Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.

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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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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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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 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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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 the emotion and the melody that drive it home.

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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.

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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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'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 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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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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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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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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