I'll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I feel it's my job as the artist who is making the music to pair it with visuals that I see in… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I have a few songs that I'm figuring out and writing. I'm still figuring out the whole concept and how it's gonna… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I'm not used to writing about happy emotions, I'm just used to pulling from my sad or angry - happy emotions are… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
My two favorite parts of what I do are definitely writing the music and then writing and directing the videos to support… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I'm gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I'm feeling that day. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I definitely fall in love quickly, and I'm very in love with being in love. But it is hard for me to… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I had been writing songs for awhile - since I was 14 - and playing guitar, but I never really knew how… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I'm probably the most proud of "Mrs. Potato Head," because I had that idea in my head for so long, and I… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
Eventually, I started writing down a bunch of titles that related to childhood themes and would pair it with an adult situation… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
Probably "Mrs. Potato Head" or "Training Wheels". "Mrs. Potato Head" because it was the hardest song to write and it took me… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
If I don't see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It's very visual. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
It's really hard for me to finish a song unless I have a strong visual in my head while I'm writing it. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
When I first started writing the album, "Cry Baby" was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
It's like visual is super important to me. So if I am writing a song, like, I have to have the title. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I think that every decision I make in my life is based off of an emotion - and it definitely hurts me… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
It's just weird because like when I was writing Cry Baby I like...the only thing that I was thinking about, when writing… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
My favorite performance would definitely be "Toxic," which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it was a… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I have definitely noticed I am very passionate. So if I'm fighting with someone I'll be SO super loud and aggressive, and make sure… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
The whole entire album is about Cry Baby, you know, being super insecure and kind of like going through her emotions until she finally… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I stay away from the title of 'role model.' I want to be a more realistic role model - not a perfect Barbie role… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
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… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
There are obviously so many artists that are very inspiring, but I can't say that they like - that I have someone in mind… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I only wear vintage clothing. I'm pretty obsessed with things in the '60s, like fashion and music, too. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
To me, I absolutely cannot stand Twitter. I hate it more than anything. — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
So like what I want to do is connect all of my albums and make it tell a bigger kind of story. So the… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
[Doing music] is time consuming, will drain you, and stress you out at times. But in the end if you love doing it, and… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
![“[Doing music] is time consuming, will drain you, and stress you out at times. But in the end if you love doing it, and you're putting out music you're proud of, it will never feel like work. It'll just feel like love.” quote by Melanie Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c61/melanie-martinez-2860_consuming_doing-music-is-time-consuming-will-drain_298164.jpg)