I went to the carnival a lot. The carousel was my favorite ride as a kid.
More Quotes by Melanie Martinez
My parents were super strict, so I didn't have a lot of freedom to hang out at parties or anything like that. I didn't get invited, and I didn't have many friends.
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.
I'm a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it's still not perfect, you know?
When I was 16, I was watching '101 Dalmatians,' and my mom never let me bleach my hair, so I told her I was going to dye my hair like Cruella De Vil; she didn't believe me. I came home with my hair like this, and she didn't talk to me for, like, a week. It was really hilarious.
I used music as therapy and embraced being a cry baby.
My whole mission in general, ever since I was fourteen, was to write music that would help people heal.