"Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion"
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The “mixing” metaphor is studio life made legible. Pop is chemistry: chord progressions, drum sounds, toplines, harmonies, mic choices, references, personalities. You stir them together and sometimes you get mud, sometimes you get combustion. “Blows up on you” is doing double duty - a track can fail catastrophically, or it can explode in the best way, turning into a hit that outruns its makers. Either outcome is framed as evidence that music is an experiment, not a worksheet.
There’s subtext about Bruno’s own position in the culture: a performer often dismissed as “just” a throwback craftsman insisting that the real artistry is in the lab work of vibe. “Incredible potion” lands like pop’s holy grail - not perfection, but enchantment. The line quietly demystifies genius while keeping the magic intact: the spell isn’t inherited; it’s brewed, risked, and sometimes spilled.
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Mars, Bruno. (2026, January 14). Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/music-is-not-math-its-science-you-keep-mixing-the-124826/
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Mars, Bruno. "Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion." FixQuotes. January 14, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/music-is-not-math-its-science-you-keep-mixing-the-124826/.
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"Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion." FixQuotes, 14 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/music-is-not-math-its-science-you-keep-mixing-the-124826/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.





