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I love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.
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Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.
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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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We uploaded 'Ocean Eyes' to SoundCloud, and it started getting a lot of plays pretty much immediately.
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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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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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I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.
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If I make music and people hate it, you know, whatever. I'll die someday, and one day, they will too.
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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've been in the Los Angeles Children's Chorus since I was 8.
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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 tried renting out a studio for a month when we were producing 'Don't Smile at Me,' but it was really hard there, and we ended up just doing it at home anyway.
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I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.
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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 think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I'm cool with the praise. I'm good.
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I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora's 'Runaway' music video. Something inside me clicked, like, 'That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.'
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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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I never thought a career as a musician was possible.
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It's really fun to be on stage in front of people.
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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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In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.
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I really love Linkin Park, and I loved Chester Bennington, and it is horrible what happened to him. I grew up listening to him because my dad would make these mixtapes with a lot of different artists - Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne, The Beatles, Sarah McLachlan, I just really loved Linkin Park, and their production is really sick.
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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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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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