Billie Eilish

If it's good music, it's good music.

— Billie Eilish

I always want to create and do things, or draw.

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Nothing really scares me, to be honest.

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I'm a really particular person. I want it my way.

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I love movement. I love moshing.

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It's really fun to be on stage in front of people.

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I don't think a song should be put in a category.

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I hate the idea of genres.

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When I do have free time, I spend it with friends, or I spend it at home writing or making something.

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I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.

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Sexism is everywhere, bro. I don't know if it's ever not somewhere.

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I always wear the kind of stuff that makes you overheat and die.

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Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.

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Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.

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Clothing & fashion are kind of my security blanket, almost.

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Sometimes it's flattering when people copy you, but sometimes it gets to a breaking point.

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I'm not going to say I'm cool, because I don't really feel that. I just don't care at all, and I guess…

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Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that.

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I'm super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I'm critical of other people, too…

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I used to write random little stupid things when I was five, but then the first song I really wrote was one…

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I don't really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It's all inside me. I am good at…

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If you write in the same way over and over again, like, in the same place with the same techniques and with…

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My whole life, I've sung and listened to music, and since the beginning, I've had iTunes and used Apple Music for streaming.

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People have so much going on in their heads. I'm like, If you could write a song, you'd feel so much better!

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I don't want people at my shows to come out and say, 'I just saw a cool show.' I want them to…

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I love to watch videos, and I've always liked to film and take pictures. I have an eye for really weird things…

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I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had…

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I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I…

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I work with my brother Finneas, and he produces all of my music in his little bedroom in our house. We actually…

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'Bellyache' is totally fictional. I like writing about things that aren't real. The song is about not trusting anyone and then putting…

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I'm a really artistic person, and so, with the live stuff, there's a lot that I think is really cool. Beyonce and…

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I wrote my first song at 12 and remember someone asking, 'What were you going through at 12 that you could write…

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When I write, I try to become different characters.

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People are terrified of me, and I want them to be.

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Writing music is just like writing a book.

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You can write a song about being in love with someone, but you don't have to be in love with anyone.

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I've been in the Los Angeles Children's Chorus since I was 8.

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What inspires me about rap is that it's written in an almost poetic way. I just think it's so cool.

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I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn't, thank God.

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I never thought a career as a musician was possible.

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