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
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 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
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
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'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
I'm gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I'm feeling that day. — 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
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 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
I'll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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