Melanie Martinez Quotes

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Melanie Martinez

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 28, 1995

I really loved taking photos when I was younger. I think my love for photography sparked my love for creating the visuals to support my music.

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I feel it's my job as the artist who is making the music to pair it with visuals that I see in my head while writing the music in the first place.

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To me, I absolutely cannot stand Twitter. I hate it more than anything.

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I think if you're going to cover a song, you should definitely take it apart and put it back together as if you wrote it. I don't think you should sing it the same way that the artist sang it - that's kind of pointless.

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The behind-the-scenes kind of process at TV, especially live television - that was super scary, but I think it's made me more comfortable now. If I ever have to go on live TV, I at least remember what it was like when I was 16.

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There's a heavy hip-hop influence in my music, some trap influence, but it's always lyrical.

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With 'Pity Party,' it's the first time seeing my vision come to life in front of my face. I'm super happy about it.

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I've always written the storyboards for the music videos, and it's been hard working with directors trying to get them to understand what I'm thinking.

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I had been writing songs for awhile - since I was 14 - and playing guitar, but I never really knew how to go about making an actual career.

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