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.
— Billie Eilish
I don't want people at my shows to come out and say, 'I just saw a cool show.' I want them to say, 'I had fun at the show.' I want it to be a collaborative thing and be part of the audience and have them be part of me. I try to interact with everyone there and have them be equal to me because they are.
I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.
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.
'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.
Aside from singing, I'm also a dancer. I've been dancing since I was 8.
When I write, I try to become different characters.
Clothing & fashion are kind of my security blanket, almost.
I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I've always been like that; I don't smile in any pictures.
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.
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.'
I'm a really particular person. I want it my way.
Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that.
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.
I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.
I always want to create and do things, or draw.
I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them.
I never thought a career as a musician was possible.
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.
You can write a song about being in love with someone, but you don't have to be in love with anyone.
All of the Vines that were acted & setup & had nice cameras, those weren't the good Vines. The good Vines were, like, a random little kid in the middle of a forest, like, yelling.
Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.
I go through a lot of depression, and I know other people do, too, but I have an outlet that so many people don't. If you have that inside of you and can't get it out, what do you do?
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.
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.
There are alway going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.
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.
Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time... I don't want to just sit on my phone for hours.
It's really fun to be on stage in front of people.
I've always been a singer. I never really decided I was gonna be a singer. It just kind of - I just sung a lot.
Pretty much my whole life, I've been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own ears.
We uploaded 'Ocean Eyes' to SoundCloud, and it started getting a lot of plays pretty much immediately.
I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.
I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn't, thank God.
Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something that's really you.
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.
It's rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl.
In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.
I've always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.
