Billie Eilish

I wrote my first song at 12 and remember someone asking, 'What were you going through at 12 that you could write about?' I get what you're saying, but 11, 12, 13 were the hardest years of my life. You learn everything. You learn how horrible things feel. ”

My whole life, I've sung and listened to music, and since the beginning, I've had iTunes and used Apple Music for streaming. ”

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. ”

Pretty much my whole life, I've been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own ears. ”

In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I really like hip-hop and rap; that's my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist. ”

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. ”

What 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. ”