I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
MELANIE MARTINEZThere 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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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 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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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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Just because I’m an artist doesn’t mean I should be treated differently.
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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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I see things that nobody else sees.
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My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Everyone wants to be good but good is only what we’re taught to perceive.
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When I first started writing the album, “Cry Baby” was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.
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