Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical styles, including Pop, R&B, funk, soul, reggae, hip hop, and rock. Profoundly inspirational Bruno Mars quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
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Famous Bruno Mars Quotes
You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready. Bruno Mars
To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free. Bruno Mars
You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way. Bruno Mars
Tell the devil I said hey when you get back to where you’re from. Bruno Mars
I definitely don’t plead guilty to being a heartthrob. Bruno Mars
Your amazing. Just the way you are. 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. It’s all I know. Bruno Mars
I was perfect for the circus. If she dared me, I’d do it. Love makes you stupid. 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 how I feel. Bruno Mars
When it’s your time, it is your time. Bruno Mars
Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame it’s what people in the limelight have to do. Bruno Mars
This ones for you and me, living out our dreams. We’re all right where we should be. Bruno Mars
Honolulu is a melting pot. Bruno Mars
You know I’d do anything for you. Bruno Mars
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. Bruno Mars
I want a woman to love me for me and not just for my piggly diggly. You catch my drift? Bruno Mars
In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley. Bruno Mars
Standing at this liquor store, whiskey coming through my pores, feeling like I run this whole block. Bruno Mars
You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians. Bruno Mars
I can’t even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it’s so beautiful, like the melody is just gorgeous and you know Bob Markley is on the radio every single day. Bruno Mars
I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I’m in awe of her. 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 melodies. Bruno Mars
Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there’s music in the air there. Bruno Mars
No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it. 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
I tend to overthink things. I’m not the guy who screams ‘This is a world smash!’ when I finish a song. Bruno Mars
Don’t you love it that Prince doesn’t use Twitter? Don’t you think he’s somewhere on a unicorn? 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 how I feel. Bruno Mars
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! Bruno Mars
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. Bruno Mars
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. 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 than sounding good. Burno Mars
You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! And so that’s what you’re gonna get! 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 melodies. Bruno Mars
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. Bruno Mars
I don’t need much. I’m a simple man. I think that success is having fun. And when I’m having fun doing music, I’m happy. If I can make a little money on the side doing it, I’m really happy. Bruno Mars
I think that success is having fun. Bruno Mars
I can show you in music better than I can tell you in words. Bruno Mars
When it’s your time, it is your time. Bruno Mars
I feel, as a songwriter, it’s one of the hardest things to do to sit down and say how you feel. Bruno Mars
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. Bruno Mars
I don’t try and be dark, but there are obviously darker emotions that I want to capture sometimes. Bruno Mars
If I was a billionaire, I’d be smart with my money. 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. It’s all I know. 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 melodies. Bruno Mars
My dream was to not get a day job but to sleep, wake up and do my music. I want to keep that dream forever. 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 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. 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
My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young. Bruno Mars
I feel it’s my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. Bruno Mars
I’m the Nickelodeon version of Dange Mouse. 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 I do. Bruno Mars
I can’t even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it’s so beautiful, like the melody is just gorgeous and you know Bob Marley is on the radio every single day. It’s very reggaeinfluenced down there. Basically, you haven’t been to paradise if you haven’t been to Hawaii. Bruno Mars
I could sing you a thousand and one doo wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It’s not süper poetic, it’s just from the heart. 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, 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. Bruno Mars
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. Bruno Mars
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. Bruno Mars
In my songs, I’m not saying something that’s never been said before. The lyrics aren’t going to blow people away. It’s the emotion and the melody that drives it home. Bruno Mars
I really wish I knew what I was doing because I’d be writing hit songs every minute. Bruno Mars
What I like about Elvis is the same 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. Bruno Mars
Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple. Bruno Mars
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! 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 the emotion and the melody that drive it home. Bruno Mars
I think that success is having fun. Bruno Mars
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.Bruno Mars
I’ve learned people are watching, so don’t do nothing stupid. Bruno Mars
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. Bruno Mars
You gotta know what you are, who you are, and how you want to be portrayed. Bruno Mars
I don’t throw lavish parties or nothing like that I just want a bed and a TV. Bruno Mars
Be in control. Know who you are. And don’t try to be different just to be different. Bruno Mars
I guess if I’m a product, either you’re chocolate, you’re vanilla or you’re butterscotch. You can’t be all three. Bruno Mars
There’s always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened. Bruno Mars
A grown man should always carry cash, right? I don’t know who told me, but someone told me that a long time ago, and the biggest turnoff is when a guy doesn’t have cash on him. Bruno Mars
Someone told me something that stuck with me You have to envision your life, and then go backward. I’ve been living by that motto for a while. Bruno Mars
I don’t like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know. 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 to get down to. And one day you’re going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl! Bruno Mars
There’s always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened. Bruno Mars
When it’s your time, it is your time. Bruno Mars
I love the Sex Pistols. I’m a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan. Bruno Mars
When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it. Bruno Mars
I think I don’t take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it’s a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun. Bruno Mars
Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you. Marry You
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. Bruno Mars
