Bruno Mars Quotes - Page 3

Every time I try to write a song, when I sit down and think I'm going to write, I really want to write a song, and it never works out. It's always when it hits me unexpectedly on a plane or right before I go to bed, something like that.

Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there's music in the air there.

I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.

I watch the best. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I'm a big fan of 1950s Elvis when he would go on stage and scare people because he was a force and girls would go nuts! You can say the same thing for Prince or The Police. It's just guys who know that people are here to see a show, so I watch those guys and I love studying them because I'm a fan.

I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I'm learning every day. And that's the fun part.

A lot of people are really quick to say, "That song sounds like this." Or you - "He's tryin' to sound like this." And I'm always like, "You're damn right I am. That's how - that's why we're all here." You know, we all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.

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.

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.

Whether it be a reggae song, rock song, a love song, the main thing was just to, whatever I was feeling, to try to capture that emotion.

I got so much love for classical music and I hear so much incredible music.You should know a bunch of music and have respect for all sorts of genres and styles of music.

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

Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your passion. It doesn't take a fragrance, it's not about the tabloids, it's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, practicing your vocals, practicing your instrument, practicing songwriting. Hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. I promise you, if you go out there and sing and you put your heart and soul into it and you follow your dream, one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl.

In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on a unicorn?

I guess if I'm a product, either you're chocolate, you're vanilla or you're butterscotch. You can't be all three.

I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.

I love doing shows. I love rocking shows. I love playing instruments. I love singing. If I can find a way to do that and feed my family, then I'm a happy man.

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

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.

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.

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

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.

I want there to be a piece of me in my music, you know? I genuinely believe that's the secret of all the success that's happened (for me).