I just want to live my life a little freely and not adhere to any schedule - just make music and have fun.

I feel privileged, to be honest.

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.

Dear Kanye West. It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. You disrespect your own remarkable talents and more importantly you disrespect the talent, hard work and tenacity of all artists when you go so rudely and savagely after such an accomplished and humble artist like BECK.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

It is so hard for musicians when they step into acting is they're not coming in as a blank slate, they're coming in with a real set idea of who they are, where they're coming from, what their politics are, what their tastes are.