Melanie Martinez Quotes

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Melanie Martinez

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 28, 1995

Eventually, I started writing down a bunch of titles that related to childhood themes and would pair it with an adult situation that either I was going through or someone else in my life was going through.

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I would love to collab with The Weeknd, for sure.

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'Cry Baby' is like this fairytale version of me. A lot of it is based on real events, and some of it is made up to make it more whimsical.

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I'm not necessarily a happy singer. That's not who I am as an artist.

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I wanted to play my original music, but it was really hard because a lot of the people who would come out to the shows found out about me through 'The Voice' and wanted to hear covers.

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I don't like a lot of pop music. But I like the idea of pop music.

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I have a song called 'Training Wheels,' and it's about being in love with someone and taking it to the next level by taking off the training wheels.

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I didn't have any real idea that I was going to be an artist; I had no idea what that meant.

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I think that any female who gets asked if she's a feminist... it's silly... it's so interesting when people ask females if they're a feminist. Of course every female wants to be equal!

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Once I was done making my album 'Cry Baby,' I knew I wanted to make a vintage-inspired baby bottle perfume.

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I wrote about scenarios that I was going through and then disguised them.

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My two favorite parts of what I do are definitely writing the music and then writing and directing the videos to support each song. As well as doing my own makeup and styling for the videos.

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I think that 'Cry Baby' came from a nickname I was called as a kid.

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The way that I dress is the way I've always dressed. The way I've eaten is how I've always eaten. I dress like a 5-year-old, and I eat like a 5-year-old.

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It's really hard for me to finish a song unless I have a strong visual in my head while I'm writing it.

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I always try, when I'm singing songs, to interpret them the way that I would've arranged them. I think about the melody first, and then I pull out my guitar and start singing it.

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I want to put out as many albums as I can before I die.

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I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.

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I definitely think it's cool being Puerto Rican and Dominican, but I feel it has no influence on my music.

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I'll always cling to these little girl dresses at vintage shops, and I can never wear them because they're so tiny!

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