Melanie Martinez Quotes

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Melanie Martinez

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 28, 1995

I believe everyone should be equal, and we should all love and support each other and express ourselves the way we want to express ourselves and be whoever we want. That's my motto.

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Everyone is allowed to be vulnerable. I think women and men and dogs and cats and ants and aliens can all express themselves and be vulnerable.

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When I was 16, I was watching '101 Dalmatians,' and my mom never let me bleach my hair, so I told her I was going to dye my hair like Cruella De Vil; she didn't believe me. I came home with my hair like this, and she didn't talk to me for, like, a week. It was really hilarious.

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I had a lot of Barbies growing up, and a lot of porcelain dolls, but I was scared of them. I was so scared of them, I would try to turn their head away and would make my mom take them out of my room.

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I used music as therapy and embraced being a cry baby.

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My music is like a baby pink frosted cake with sprinkles, but when you cut into it, there's a gooey, dark chocolate center.

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I look at music like an art form, so it's almost like painting for me, you know?

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My whole mission in general, ever since I was fourteen, was to write music that would help people heal.

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Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but honest.

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I only wear vintage clothing. I'm pretty obsessed with things in the '60s, like fashion and music, too.

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Cry Baby is very close to my heart. I feel like I am her in a lot of ways. I want to continue making music from her perspective.

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I've always been super into photography and the visuals that support my music.

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Remember that I am a human.

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I want to encourage people to be themselves and express themselves however they want.

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I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again.

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I was always called a cry baby, and I was one. I cried a lot as a child. In fact, I still cry a few times a day. I'm still a cry baby.

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Growing up, I always took things too personal and was very emotional, and I got made fun of for it.

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I really like milk. I'm a dairy queen.

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I like scaring myself.

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I'm a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it's still not perfect, you know?

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