Bruno Mars

[cactus]

I've seen him mentioned in a previous thread as possibly SEE or xEI, which makes me go hmmm. I was reminded of him when i heard that Grenade song on the radio. For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I find him completely irksome. And that song so completely whiny. Since there's not rational basis for my dislike I am, of course, going to blame it all on poor Socionics intertype relation, because what else could it be?

Seriously, anyone have any ideas?

quotes:

I don't like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know.

I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid.

Someone told me something that stuck with me: 'You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.' I've been living by that motto for a while, so I see where I need to be. Now I'm just backtracking and trying to get back up there.

There's always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened.

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.

Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there's music in the air there.

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.

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

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

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

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.

I don't try and be dark, but there are obviously darker emotions that I want to capture sometimes.

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

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.

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 don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.