Everyone wants to be good but good is only what we’re taught to perceive.
MELANIE MARTINEZI 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.
More Melanie Martinez Quotes
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Is it easier to pretend we are as perfect as the stars above?
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Found euphoria in the comfort of my own home.
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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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It’s just interesting how people relate my success when I would like to think that I worked my ass off for a reason and that it’s about the music and not because I was on a TV show.
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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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I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to 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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Make sure this [music industry] is what you love to do, and you can’t imagine doing anything else.
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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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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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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 like pop music because it can really affect a large amount of people and if I tell stories and spread messages that I think are really important for people to be aware of, I would want it to be on the biggest platform and I feel like pop is that. I use it as a way to tell stories.
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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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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 glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
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