165 Quotes by Bruno Mars

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

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.

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

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

My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you’ll see you had to be sharp onstage.

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

I’m a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker’s ‘You Are So Beautiful’ and Eric Clapton’s ‘Wonderful Tonight’ – songs that go straight to the point.

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.