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I came to California and got signed at a young age. And it's not like you see in the movies, where you start rubbing shoulders with Timbaland and Pharrell, and you become a giant pop star.

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Bruno Mars
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: October 8
Choreographer
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I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.
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I watch the best. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I'm a big fan of 1950s Elvis when he would go on stage and scare people because he was a force and girls would go nuts! You can say the same thing for Prince or The Police. It's just guys who know that people are here to see a show, so I watch those guys and I love studying them because I'm a fan.
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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.
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No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.
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There will never be another Michael Jackson, a huge pop star since (the age of) 7.
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I think everybody don't know what color I am. It's like, He's not black enough. He's not white enough. He's got a Latin last name but he doesn't have - he doesn't speak Spanish. Who are we selling this to? Are you making urban music? Are you making pop music? What kind of music are you making?
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