The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
MELANIE MARTINEZI 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.
More Melanie Martinez Quotes
-
-
When I create it is the only time the past, present and future all meet me at once.
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 -
Indulging in the pleasures of creation.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Love starts inside of you.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
It is aurora borealis when your eyes are shut. It is beyond what our language can convey or comprehend.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
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 -
When I was younger I used to be really into photography, and I still am, I just don’t really get to do it besides taking my own artists photos and stuff like that.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Loving yourself + others is a magically addictive sensation.
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
It’s like visual is super important to me. So if I am writing a song, like, I have to have the title.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Just like a flower, we blossom and transform with the proper sunlight, a balanced amount of water, enough fresh air and when we are firmly planted in the ground.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
Had to retrieve the key to my heart, Let these roses represent how it all fell apart.
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 -
Just because I’m an artist doesn’t mean I should be treated differently.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
If I don’t see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It’s very visual.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
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.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
MELANIE MARTINEZ -
It’s very hard to be an artist, on my first album, and I’m like asking for money for a music video for every song – it’s so hard to do. You have to pick your battles for sure, but I definitely want – and I’ve always worked to make it all connect – for all of it to feel cohesive.
MELANIE MARTINEZ