I love Nicoletta Ceccoli , and I love Tim Burton movies. So those are like my biggest inspirations I think.
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More Melanie Martinez Quotes
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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.
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”God” is the Glue between us all.
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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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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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I’ve had so many insecurities, and am still getting over a lot.
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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.
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I don’t really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.
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The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them, away.
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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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Indulging in the pleasures of creation.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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When I create it is the only time the past, present and future all meet me at once.
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I’m very, very in touch with my emotions.
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I see things that nobody else sees.
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I definitely feel like if I put out a song that was like me being super vulnerable, people would look as me as weak. I don’t know if that has to do with me being a girl, or if that really has to do with anything, but I’m sure.
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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.
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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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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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You are the seashell planting your existence on the shore catching the attention of many even if they aren’t picking you up, but just merely walking by.
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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 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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