Quotes from Billie Eilish

'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.

I love movement. I love moshing.

If it's good music, it's good music.

I listen to music all day every day. I can't not listen to music. It's kind of scary how much I listen to music, but it's what I love, and it's all I care about, so I'm good with it.

Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.

Lyrics are so important, but they're really underrated.

It's really fun to be on stage in front of people.

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.

We uploaded 'Ocean Eyes' to SoundCloud, and it started getting a lot of plays pretty much immediately.

It's really fun to put yourself into a character - into shoes you wouldn't normally be in.

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.

I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn't, thank God.

It's rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl.

I felt like, for so many years - and I still even feel it - as a girl, you can't really expect to go on stage and dress like a boy and jump around and scream with the audience and mosh and stuff, and every time that happens, I feel really proud.

I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.

I just really want to get music out and tour and go places I've never been, and just do more videos. I love photography and videography, and so I really want to direct videos when I can.

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.