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.
MELANIE MARTINEZThe flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
More Melanie Martinez Quotes
-
-
I was very vocal about how I wanted to be portrayed on the show, and how I wanted the stage setup to be.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I’m happy that I get to work with people that I enjoy being around. It’s really cool when people understand and want to help your vision and are like rooting for you. I just, I love them a lot.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Doing music is time consuming, will drain you, and stress you out at times. But in the end if you love doing it, and you’re putting out music you’re proud of, it will never feel like work. It’ll just feel like love.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Even if the song meant a lot to me, I would still probably perform it live.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I don’t really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Is it easier to pretend we are as perfect as the stars above?
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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 -
The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can’t imagine doing anything else.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Loving yourself + others is a magically addictive sensation.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I see things that nobody else sees.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I’m insane, I’m emotional, but I’d rather be that than a robot. So that’s definitely something that I wanted to get out there. Especially with Cry Baby’s story, because the album is about Cry Baby but I realized that me and her went through the same change.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I think, being emotional is this thing that people think you’re not strong. They don’t look at you as a strong person, and it’s weird ‘cuz honestly being emotional has nothing to do with your strength.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I’ve had so many insecurities, and am still getting over a lot.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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 -
I’m happy that I get to work with people that I enjoy being around. It’s really cool when people understand and want to help your vision and are like rooting for you. I just, I love them a lot.
MELANIE MARTINEZ