In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

People can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics or young girls, or older girls. The way I talk is the way I write a song.

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

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

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 the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.