Quotes from Billie Eilish

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don't know any better.

I'm a really particular person. I want it my way.

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.

I feel like I might be a designer or stylist - or a director because I have always been super interested in cameras and editing.

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

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.

People are terrified of me, and I want them to be.

I'm gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they're gonna like. It doesn't really matter.

I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby, so I couldn't. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it's about you and what you want to be. You're not being treated like a clothes hanger.

I've been in the Los Angeles Children's Chorus since I was 8.

I'm pretty sure I don't have any songs that are about how much I love someone. They're all either about, like, 'I hate you,' or 'You make me hate me.'

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.

Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.

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 wear the kind of stuff that makes you overheat and die.

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.

I've always liked being busy. If I have nothing to do for a week, it just makes me mad.

I don't see myself as a pop artist. Like, when you hear 'pop,' you're like, 'Oh, bubblegum, jumpy little girly stuff,' and I feel like, 'Uh-uh. That's not me.'

I always want to create and do things, or draw.

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.

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

I love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.

I love to watch videos, and I've always liked to film and take pictures. I have an eye for really weird things that nobody thinks about. I used to make little movies about myself and then edit them on iMovie.

If I make music and people hate it, you know, whatever. I'll die someday, and one day, they will too.