I didn't have any real idea that I was going to be an artist; I had no idea what that meant.
— Melanie Martinez
I'm a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it's still not perfect, you know?
The real me is this deep, kind of somber person. I can't really help that.
I would love to collab with The Weeknd, for sure.
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.
I definitely think it's cool being Puerto Rican and Dominican, but I feel it has no influence on my music.
Remember that I am a human.
I liked singing and just took a chance with it.
My whole mission in general, ever since I was fourteen, was to write music that would help people heal.
I'm not necessarily a happy singer. That's not who I am as an artist.
I've always been super into photography and the visuals that support my music.
I grew up on Long Island. It was pretty normal.
I really like milk. I'm a dairy queen.
I always have felt that I was six years old.
I have to stop eating so much grilled cheese and chocolate chip cookies and start really working on everything!
I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.
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.
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.
I wanted people to understand that I have my own music, and I didn't want to sing other people's songs at shows.
I always cling to things that remind me of being a kid again.
