Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars
Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and choreographer. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age and performed in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood. He graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career. After being dropped by Motown Records, Mars signed a recording contract with Atlantic in 2009. Mars began...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth8 October 1985
CityHonolulu, HI
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I'm the Nickelodeon version of DangerMouse.
No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.
I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.
'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.
You're amazing, just the way you are.
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.
As proud as I am of Doo-Wops I feel like, 'Oh, man. People haven't seen nothing. They don't even know what I'm about to do,' and that's what I can't wait to show the world.
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent; got kiss myself I'm so pretty.
I felt like I didn't have [any] pizzazz, and a lot of girls say I'm out of this world, so I was like I guess I'm from Mars.
You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.
I don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.
I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.
I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song.