There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.
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More Melanie Martinez Quotes
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The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
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The title is the first thing that I have. Then when I have that title, I have to make sure that the title is like, so I have to make sure I can tell a whole story from that one title and like make sure that it, from beginning to end it makes sense.
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Love starts inside of you.
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We all have holes, chips and scratches on us but these wear marks represent our journey, our wisdom, our knowledge, our lessons learned, our strength, and our vitality.
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I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven’t looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.
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Indulging in the pleasures of creation.
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Just because I’m an artist doesn’t mean I should be treated differently.
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Dollhouse was definitely inspired by the whole Edward Scissorhands vibe where all of the houses are perfect, but inside each home there are very messed up families.
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Is it easier to pretend we are as perfect as the stars above?
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I think the transition between singing covers on a reality show to being able to do my own thing was really exciting. I’m no longer singing covers every second, and people are actually getting to hear my own original music.
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I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
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I go with what I like and I generally just cling to things that are pastel and remind me of being a little kid. It’s just what it is right now, but I go through phases.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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Eventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities.
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I’m pretty excited for people to listen to the story of each song. It’s definitely like a giant book with different stories in it. They are all very child-like but also a balance between light and dark.
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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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So like what I want to do is connect all of my albums and make it tell a bigger kind of story. So the first album is very focused on her family life and her love life.
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”God” is the Glue between us all.
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Everyone got to choose what they wanted to wear on stage, and by the third time going into wardrobe the stylists already knew what I’d love and what I would never throw on my body in a million years. They were fantastic, and it was so lovely working with them.
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I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.
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If you can’t handle a heart like mine, don’t waste your time with me.
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I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it’s all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.
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I’ve had a lot of people come up to me after shows and tell me that “Dollhouse” really helped them with whatever they were going through with their families. I thought that was really amazing, that it could mean one thing for me but another thing for someone else.
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It’s very hard to be an artist, on my first album, and I’m like asking for money for a music video for every song – it’s so hard to do. You have to pick your battles for sure, but I definitely want – and I’ve always worked to make it all connect – for all of it to feel cohesive.
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I’m probably the most proud of “Mrs. Potato Head,” because I had that idea in my head for so long, and I tried writing that song one time and I just couldn’t tell the story the way I wanted to, and I couldn’t figure it out.
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Tangled in transformation.
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