Quotes from 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.

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

My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.

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 really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.

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.

Expect me to give my all. Thats what I do every time I have a show. Give my all.

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

Oh every time I close my eyes I see my name in shining lights

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

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.

'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

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.

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.

There are no record companies in Waikiki.

If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you

Never had much faith in love or miracles, Never wanna put my heart on the line

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

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

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.

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

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 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.