Melanie Martinez

“I definitely think it's cool being Puerto Rican and Dominican, but I feel it has no influence on my music.”

“I always have felt that I was six years old.”

“I don't like a lot of pop music. But I like the idea of pop music.”

“I believe everyone should be equal, and we should all love and support each other and express ourselves the way we want to express ourselves and be whoever we want. That's my motto.”

“I'll always cling to these little girl dresses at vintage shops, and I can never wear them because they're so tiny!”

“I like scaring myself.”

“I liked singing and just took a chance with it.”

“I look at music like an art form, so it's almost like painting for me, you know?”

“I want to encourage people to be themselves and express themselves however they want.”

“My music is like a baby pink frosted cake with sprinkles, but when you cut into it, there's a gooey, dark chocolate center.”

“Remember that I am a human.”

“I think that 'Cry Baby' came from a nickname I was called as a kid.”

“I've always written the storyboards for the music videos, and it's been hard working with directors trying to get them to understand what I'm thinking.”

“I stay away from the title of 'role model.' I want to be a more realistic role model - not a perfect Barbie role model.”

“I feel it's my job as the artist who is making the music to pair it with visuals that I see in my head while writing the music in the first place.”

“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.”

“To me, I absolutely cannot stand Twitter. I hate it more than anything.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I only wear vintage clothing. I'm pretty obsessed with things in the '60s, like fashion and music, too.”