Melanie Martinez

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

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

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 want my music to be treated as a book or a movie. It's not about the one single: it's about the bigger picture.

I used music as therapy and embraced being a cry baby.

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.