So like what I want to do is connect all of my albums and make it tell a bigger kind of story. So the first album is very focused on her family life and her love life. Melanie Martinez More Quotes by Melanie Martinez More Quotes From Melanie Martinez I'm really stubborn, and I'm okay with that. Melanie Martinez really okay stubborn I went to the carnival a lot. The carousel was my favorite ride as a kid. Melanie Martinez carousel carnival ride kid I stay away from the title of 'role model.' I want to be a more realistic role model - not a perfect Barbie role model. Melanie Martinez stay barbie perfect want I want to encourage people to be themselves and express themselves however they want. Melanie Martinez encourage express want people Growing up, I always took things too personal and was very emotional, and I got made fun of for it. Melanie Martinez always growing-up emotional fun '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. Melanie Martinez me cry real baby Remember that I am a human. Melanie Martinez am human i-am remember I'm a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it's still not perfect, you know? Melanie Martinez great you not-perfect perfect I auditioned for 'The Voice' because I really wanted to try and figure out a way to get myself out there. I really couldn't imagine doing anything else - music was the only thing that I really clung to. Melanie Martinez myself music voice way 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. Melanie Martinez cats think women men I got a lot of very bad hate on social media from some people from my school. I think people thought I changed because they saw me on TV. They weren't close enough to know that I was still the same human being... When I walked at graduation, I got booed. It was kind of stupid. Melanie Martinez me social-media hate people I have to stop eating so much grilled cheese and chocolate chip cookies and start really working on everything! Melanie Martinez stop start chocolate eating I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again. Melanie Martinez things being me always When I started, I was very unsure of who I was. There were a lot of things in the songs that I didn't realize I was saying. But more and more, it fell into place... I got more comfortable in my skin. Melanie Martinez skin realize saying place Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but honest. Melanie Martinez myself me you music The real me is this deep, kind of somber person. I can't really help that. Melanie Martinez deep person me real I love Sia and how she hides her face. If I could pull off doing that, I totally would. Melanie Martinez she face doing love 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. Melanie Martinez room try growing-up mom 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. Melanie Martinez dress eat always way I'm not necessarily a happy singer. That's not who I am as an artist. Melanie Martinez singer i-am artist happy
