Interview Quotes

Reflections on Time and Age

"Once again, like it happens every year, I thought I had more time. And then it's October 18th. Again."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:00:00

"This is the first year in my life that I keep forgetting how old I am."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:03:25

"I've spent a lot of time in the last summer looking at videos and photos from this month. Since then, so much has happened."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:07:17

"I was looking at my touring schedule. And it was like. You know it's horrifying to see. Your life planned out like that. Two years in advance."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:08:16

Achievements and Milestones

"I have the most monthly listeners right on Spotify in the entire world. So I surpassed a hundred million monthly listeners and then now I am the most streamed artist in the world on Spotify."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:07:56

"I and Phineas won an Oscar for, what was I made for?"

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:09:41

"And then it was like, we were the youngest people in history to win two or something crazy."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:10:03

"And I do think objectively, it is one of the best songs I've ever made."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:11:03

"I feel proud of it and I'm, I'm proud to have made it, proud that it is of me."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:12:08

"Phineas and I have ever made. And I'm so endlessly proud of it."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:00:17

"There's this one song called Lunch that I think people might like a lot. There's a song called Birds of a Feather."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:03:13

"Lunch was like big when this album came out. And then Birds. Birds is number one."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:04:11

"It was at the crocodile. In Seattle. And it was like. 500. I think. Was that me saying. That was my biggest show."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:17:35

Personal Growth and Self-Trust

"Don't do that thing again, where you just do what somebody else wants to do. We're not going to let somebody take away my sparkle, as they say."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:26:47

"And I think that now in my life and where I am in my career. I really stand for my music. Like I feel really proud of it."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:01:55

"I really trust myself now and I'm not going to let any of that stuff happen again."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:28:58

"And it's always scary when you, you know, fall in love or you're, you know, seeing someone or you like someone or whatever it is."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:29:42

"Touring. Used to be something. That. Was. Extremely. Unpleasant. And I would dread it."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:07:07

"Touring is. Doesn't have to be miserable. And I don't have to just. Sit through it. And take it. I can make it fun."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:08:54

"And for the first time. In my life. Once again. I'm. The words. Are coming out of my mouth. That are. I wish this tour. Would never end."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:11:44

Aspirations and Adventures

"Want to rescue some horses, maybe skydive, like a bungee jump off a, off a cliff or something. I really want to do stuff like that, things that I could die because of."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:14:01

"I do want to skydive, haven't done that yet, be doing racing, be doing stunt driving."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:15:09

"I want adventure so bad."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:14:57

Friendship and Relationships

"It's been a friendship filled year. I and Phineas won an Oscar for, what was I made for?"

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:09:25

"I've done nothing but make friends all year and, and gotten so close with people that I wasn't with before and became friends with people I used to be friends with again."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:21:48

"And just like, it's just been a year filled with friendship, which honestly, even though I was saying a lot of things that I want to do, that was the real, that was like the thing that I wanted to do."

— SPEAKER_01 • 00:22:31

The Collaboration Dream

"That's my dream. That's my dream. Phineas came up with like. The first line being. Don't have to guess. The color of your underwear."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:34:30

"And then we both just sat there. Twiddling our thumbs. Writing. And then. Wrote that verse."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:35:06

"It was the craziest. Fastest. Like. That is the dream. That is the fucking dream."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:36:35

Navigating Fame and Public Perception

"Any person that I have ever been around. I'm dating. It's so crazy. Literally any man that I am near. It's like. That's. That's Billie's boyfriend."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:38:44

"And then it's weird. Because. I'm like. Actually photographed more. With women. And way. Way more incriminating photos. Of me with women. Than men."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:39:19

Family and Connection

"Seven years to the day mom. Oh my gosh. And we were in New York. Remember? On the first one."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:43:32

"She's the one that helps me. Have a brain and. You know. Use my platform for good and. Do all the things I need to do."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:44:39