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 MARTINEZI 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.
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My favorite performance would definitely be “Toxic,” which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it was a song I had been covering before the show, so it was very dear to my heart.
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I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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I’m gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I’m feeling that day.
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The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
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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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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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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.
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No human interaction, just killing dead parts of myself to make room for the new.
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I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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Is it easier to pretend we are as perfect as the stars above?
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I never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.
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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 definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
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I was very vocal about how I wanted to be portrayed on the show, and how I wanted the stage setup to be.
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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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