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.
MELANIE MARTINEZSo 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.
More Melanie Martinez Quotes
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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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There is a certain level of patience you have to have with yourself to get to the finish line.
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When I first started writing the album, “Cry Baby” was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.
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Even if the song meant a lot to me, I would still probably perform it live.
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Indulging in the pleasures of creation.
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Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can’t imagine doing anything else.
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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 was genuinely happy when I wrote that song [Training Wheels] and very in love. That’s a very rare emotion to evoke out of me.
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I definitely fall in love quickly, and I’m very in love with being in love. But it is hard for me to write about love.
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A lot of people say if you can’t love yourself, then you can’t love others. It’s always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.
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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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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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Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.
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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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Tangled in transformation.
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