Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.
BILLIE EILISHPirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.
BILLIE EILISHI’m only good at being bad.
BILLIE EILISHThe way that I want people to dress is very specific.
BILLIE EILISHWhen I do have free time, I spend it with friends, or I spend it at home writing or making something.
BILLIE EILISHI 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.’
BILLIE EILISHI’m in love, not with anybody else – Just with myself.
BILLIE EILISHWhat makes a song last is real content from a mind that is thinking a little bit harder about certain things. A lot of artists don’t really think that hard.
BILLIE EILISHMe and my brother get along super well. We’re, like, best friends.
BILLIE EILISHWriting music is just like writing a book.
BILLIE EILISHI really love Linkin Park, and I loved Chester Bennington, and it is horrible what happened to him.
BILLIE EILISHWhen I was four, I wrote a song about falling into a black hole.
BILLIE EILISHI 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.
BILLIE EILISHI’m super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I’m critical of other people, too – I try not to be, though.
BILLIE EILISHIf I love you was a promise, would you break it if you’re honest?
BILLIE EILISHI don’t know how to function without music.
BILLIE EILISHI like writing about things that aren’t real.
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