I think honestly when I was younger I use to love going to carnivals in Long Island. I use to love carnival season; I would drive to every town going to carnivals. That was definitely a favorite memory.
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.
On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn’t allowed [singing my own original music], because it’s not that type of show. I think it’s really cool that I get to do my own thing now.
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.
You are the seashell planting your existence on the shore catching the attention of many even if they aren’t picking you up, but just merely walking by.
It’s just interesting how people relate my success when I would like to think that I worked my ass off for a reason and that it’s about the music and not because I was on a TV show.
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.
![Melanie Martinez Quote - I also made a lot of really great friends on that show [the Voice], so that’s one of the most important things that I’ve taken out of that experience.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/i-also-made-a-lot-of-really-great-friends-on-that--683x1024.jpg)
![Melanie Martinez Quote - On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn’t allowed [singing my own original music], because it’s not that type of show. I think it’s really cool that I get to do my own thing now.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/on-the-show-the-voice-i-obviously-wasnt-allowed-si-683x1024.jpg)
