When I create it is the only time the past, present and future all meet me at once.
MELANIE MARTINEZEveryone got to choose what they wanted to wear on stage, and by the third time going into wardrobe the stylists already knew what I’d love and what I would never throw on my body in a million years. They were fantastic, and it was so lovely working with them.
More Melanie Martinez Quotes
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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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Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
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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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Time traveling through roots to birth healing fruit.
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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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I love Nicoletta Ceccoli , and I love Tim Burton movies. So those are like my biggest inspirations I think.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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It’s like visual is super important to me. So if I am writing a song, like, I have to have the title.
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I also made a lot of really great friends on that show [the Voice], so that’s one of the most important things that I’ve taken out of that experience.
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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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I was genuinely happy when I wrote that song [Training Wheels] and very in love. That’s a very rare emotion to evoke out of 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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I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven’t looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.
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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 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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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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There is a certain level of patience you have to have with yourself to get to the finish line.
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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.
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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 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 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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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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Cry Baby is a character so I think that the next album is going to be about a specific thing in her life or another place in her world. It’s going to be a bit deeper into a bigger picture.
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Loving yourself + others is a magically addictive sensation.
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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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I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
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