Q&A: Bruno Mars pushes ahead with sophomore album

By Mesfin Fekadu

Published December 11, 2012 3:29pm ET

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Q&A: Bruno Mars pushes ahead with sophomore album — FILE - This Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows Bruno Mars performing during the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York. Mars is releasing his sophomore album, âUnorthodox Jukebox," featuring Grammy-winning jazz singer Esperanza Spalding and production and songwriting work by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Diplo, Paul Epworth, Emile Haynie and the Smeezingtons, the production trio that includes Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) | Evan Agostini

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruno Mars was jealous of Amy Winehouse because he wanted to do what she did: release genre-bending songs that connected with audiences around the world.

“I felt like everything I’ve been saying, everything I wanted to do, she did it. It was one of those things like, ‘Damn it! Damn it!’ It was perfect,” the singer-songwriter-producer said in a recent interview.

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