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 don't try and be dark, but there are obviously darker emotions that I want to capture sometimes.
I'm the Nickelodeon version of DangerMouse.
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. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.
I don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.
You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! And so that's what you're gonna get!
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.
I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.
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 reggae-influenced down there. Basically, you haven't been to paradise if you haven't been to Hawaii.
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 signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.
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.
I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.
Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.
I definitely don't plead guilty to being a heartthrob.