I'm glad if people can listen to some music and maybe fix some prejudices of their own, just by thinking. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
There are so many people that do things better than I do: dancing, singing like a black girl, singing country. Or if,… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
It's always so nerve-wracking being up there on stage. It's even harder playing in your hometown - and I have a couple… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
You have to reflect honestly what's around you in your music. I think a lot of people are just obsessed with their… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
While a lot of my day, like most people's, is spent thinking about me, I can see how it's a universal thing:… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I was never pop-music taken seriously when I was taught. But some people who agree with you will like your music, and… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
What people generally tell you is, "We'll all agree," and then once you sign, they expect to get their own way. I… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I'm getting offers for movie stuff. But it shows how facile the movie industry is. I mean, they don't know I can… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
Precocious and eccentric are okay. But I think that people in the arts represent something integral and kind of secretive in everybody… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative in their… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty. — Nellie McKay Copy Share
I was in school for jazz voice, which is the dumbest way to spend $35,000 a year. I just felt like a rip-off of… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
If you're dissatisfied anywhere, New York is the place to be. If you're unhappy at college in Topeka, I don't know what there is… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer. Even though… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
What people generally tell you is, "We'll all agree," and then once you sign, they expect to get their own way. I think it… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
I feel like you should always be questioning the genre you're doing. If you're doing something that sounds like a lullaby, it can be… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
If you look through the century, certain things have gotten better and certain things have gotten worse. I wouldn't say overall that things have… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
While a lot of my day, like most people's, is spent thinking about me, I can see how it's a universal thing: the competition,… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic, and oftentimes… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
I used to play in the subway. If everyone tossed in a quarter, at the end of the day it would add up. It… — Nellie McKay Copy Share
