Bruno Mars for Rolling Stone May 2013

On writing “When I Was Your Man” for girlfriend Jessica Caban when he worried he was losing her (they stayed together, and now Mars has difficulty playing the song):  "You're bringing up all these old emotions again," he says. "It's just like bleeding!"

On his family’s band breaking up when he was young: “I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Because I feel like I can enjoy this so much.”

with girlfriend Jessica

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