Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your passion. It doesn't take a fragrance, it's not about the tabloids, it's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, practicing your vocals, practicing your instrument, practicing songwriting. Hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. I promise you, if you go out there and sing and you put your heart and soul into it and you follow your dream, one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl.

Everyone calls me Bruno; they don't ever call me Peter - that was just my government name.

I want people to think of Hawaii and think of palm trees and magical islands and Bruno Mars.

We all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.

I want there to be a piece of me in my music, you know? I genuinely believe that's the secret of all the success that's happened (for me).

My goals are - I don't need much. I'm a simple man. I think that success is having fun. And when I'm having fun doing music, I'm happy. If I can make a little money on the side doing it, I'm really happy.

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.