There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.
MELANIE MARTINEZI’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.
More Melanie Martinez Quotes
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Time traveling through roots to birth healing fruit.
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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.
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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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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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No human interaction, just killing dead parts of myself to make room for the new.
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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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Cry Baby is just a character in this world that I’m trying to create, and the music videos are really important to me, and I’ve fought to obviously get all of them approved.
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Love starts inside of you.
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Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it’s all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.
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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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I’m pretty excited for people to listen to the story of each song. It’s definitely like a giant book with different stories in it. They are all very child-like but also a balance between light and dark.
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If you can’t handle a heart like mine, don’t waste your time with me.
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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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And still as an adult like I do as well, you know what I mean like I literally just cried in the first interview that I had today. Like, I’m just a very emotional human.
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Just as quick as you receive my magic, I can take it away.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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I’m very, very in touch with my emotions.
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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 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.
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I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
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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 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’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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If I don’t see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It’s very visual.
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