There are obviously so many artists that are very inspiring, but I can’t say that they like – that I have someone in mind that is like a creative direction of where I want to go as an artist. I think I’m just doing my own thing.
MELANIE MARTINEZDoing 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.
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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 always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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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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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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Had to retrieve the key to my heart, Let these roses represent how it all fell apart.
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Cry Baby wasn’t necessarily a baby theme but I understand what they’re saying. So like, Cry Baby is definitely a remaining character throughout all of my albums.
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Love starts inside of you.
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Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
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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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Even if the song meant a lot to me, I would still probably perform it live.
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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 definitely love horror movies and all that for sure.
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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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My love language is chocolate.
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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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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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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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The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
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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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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.
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I just don’t really get to watch a lot of movies, like recently at least I haven’t been able to but I did watch The Exorcist for the first time ever, recently, and it didn’t scare me like I thought it was gonna scare me.
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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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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.
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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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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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