Billie Eilish Quotes
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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 called 'Fingers Crossed,' which is on SoundCloud.
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Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.
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I don't even call them fans. I don't like that. They're literally just a part of my life; they're a part of my family. I don't think of them as on a lower level than me. I don't think I'm anything but equal to all of them. So yeah, they're basically all of my siblings.
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I've always liked being busy. If I have nothing to do for a week, it just makes me mad.
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My brother had written 'Ocean Eyes,' and we recorded it, basing all of the production around contemporary and lyrical dance. I think of most songs that way - if you can't dance to a song, it's not a song.
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I feel like I write so that people can think of it as theirs. If my song is exactly about your life right now, then it is - I don't even want to say that it's mine, because it's yours.
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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 trust in yourself and realizing that you don't know what you are doing, either. Or realizing that things you do with a group of people that you think are cool in the moment are ultimately all on you.
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I've always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.
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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 hiding everything.
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Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don't know at all can just be like, 'Oh my God - are you Billie?'
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There are alway going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.
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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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If I'm in a bad mood, or if I'm uncomfortable, it's probably what I'm wearing that's making me feel that way.
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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 Rihanna have all these dancers. So with the live costumes and video costumes, I'd really like to have my vision. The way that I want people to dress is very specific. I love fashion.
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In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated. If you're a girl with an opinion, people just hate you. There are still people who are afraid of successful women, and that's so lame.
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Nothing really scares me, to be honest.
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It's really fun to put yourself into a character - into shoes you wouldn't normally be in.
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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 that's what people think is cool.
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Sometimes it's flattering when people copy you, but sometimes it gets to a breaking point.
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Being an artist doesn't just mean you have a song. That doesn't make you an artist. The word 'artist' means so many different things, and I feel like to be a real one, you really have to do it all. The people that I think of as artists - Tyler the Creator, Childish Gambino, Kanye West - are doing the most.
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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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Me and my brother get along super well. We're, like, best friends. So we'll stay up until, like, five just talking because we get along and, you know, it's cool. And he respects my opinions, and I respect his, even if we don't have the same opinions, but a lot of the time we do.
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I love movement. I love moshing.
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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 was short and chubby, so I couldn't. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it's about you and what you want to be. You're not being treated like a clothes hanger.