Bruno Mars isn’t shy when it comes to singing – and talking – about sex.

Among the various things he discussed in a recent interview with GQ Magazine, the 27-year-old singer talks about why he loves writing songs about making love.

“It feels good to sing about. It feels…sexy,” Mars admits about his sex-driven songs. “It puts you in a sexy frame of mind. It feels good to project. Sex is a great party starter.”

Mars also talked about his 2010 arrest for being caught with a bag of cocaine in Las Vegas.

“I don’t know where that came from. I was really intoxicated. I was really drunk,” Mars said of lying to police about drug use that night. “So a lot of that is a big blur, and I try every day to forget and keep pushing.”