“'I thought Billie was a boy’s name.' That’s all I ever heard every day of my life,” the singer-songwriter says. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor “I absolutely hated my name when I was a ...

My mother had a 14-room house ... 4 1/2 and I’m 6 foot—“You know something? I think you’re the greatest woman I’ve ever met.” We stopped. I looked down at this pretty little woman made ...