I was inspired a little while before The Voice to dye my hair half black half blonde by Cruella De Vil of 101 Dalmatians. One day I was watching it and I told my mom I was going to dye my hair like Cruella's, and she thought I was joking. I came home from the salon, and she didn't talk to me for a few days!
Melanie MartinezI definitely fall in love quickly, and I'm very in love with being in love. But it is hard for me to write about love.
Melanie MartinezI definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
Melanie MartinezThere are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.
Melanie MartinezI'm not used to writing about happy emotions, I'm just used to pulling from my sad or angry - happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
Melanie MartinezBasically it's the idea of celebrities being in the spotlight and just because you think that they should be perfect, that they're still human and they still have flaws just like everyone else. So that was the real meaning behind "Dollhouse", at least how it related to me because it's something I was annoyed with at the time.
Melanie Martinez