Bruno Mars
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Bruno Mars is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and dancer born on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu. A citizen of the United States, he works in English and Spanish. His output spans multiple genres, including pop music, reggae, contemporary R&B, new wave, and hip-hop, reflecting the range of his activity as both a performer and a producer.
Mars attended President Theodore Roosevelt High School in Honolulu. His career developed across the roles of singer, songwriter, and record producer, with his work as a songwriter recognized formally alongside his identity as a vocalist.
Mars has received several industry honors. He received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, an award that specifically recognizes credited songwriters. He also received the American Music Award for Artist of the Year, as well as QQ Music Awards, extending his recognized presence into international markets.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 tend to overthink things. I’m not the guy who screams ‘This is a world smash!’ when I finish a song.