What inspires me about rap is that it’s written in an almost poetic way. I just think it’s so cool.
BILLIE EILISHWords 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 love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.
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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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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’m a really particular person. I want it my way.
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I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them.
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I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn’t, thank God.
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I’m only good at being bad.
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I really love Linkin Park, and I loved Chester Bennington, and it is horrible what happened to him.
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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 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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I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.
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Aside from singing, I’m also a dancer. I’ve been dancing since I was 8.
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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 used to write random little stupid things when I was five, but then the first song I really wrote was one called Fingers Crossed.
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I hate the idea of genres.
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Lyrics are so important, but they’re really underrated.
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I don’t belong to anyone, but everybody knows my name.
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Sometimes it’s flattering when people copy you, but sometimes it gets to a breaking point.
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You’re italic, I’m in bold.
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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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If I love you was a promise, would you break it if you’re honest?
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There are people who are afraid of successful women, and that’s so lame.
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I really like hip-hop and rap; that’s my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist.
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People are terrified of me, and I want them to be.
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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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Call me friend, but keep me closer.
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