Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life. — Nellie McKay Emotion Copy Share Image
I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying. — Nellie McKay Art Copy Share Image
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
You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I feel like you should always be questioning the genre you're doing. If you're doing something that sounds like a lullaby, it… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
Music can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
Just like everything, even the most fun and creative endeavor requires work to be successful, and I'm so sick of working. I'm… — Nellie McKay Being successful Copy Share Image
The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I got sent off to my grandmother's for five months and watched a lot of TV and had a lot of grilled… — 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
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… — Nellie McKay College Copy Share Image
I'd been knocking on record companies' doors for so long, and I had gone on a lot of auditions. It's weird when… — Nellie McKay Auditions 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
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
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 Honest Copy Share Image
If you look through the century, certain things have gotten better and certain things have gotten worse. I wouldn't say overall that… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I was in school for jazz voice, which is the dumbest way to spend $35,000 a year. I just felt like a… — 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 do think there's a great deal of politics mixed in rap. Their reference to the real world is much better than… — Nellie McKay Challenges 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 Ambition Copy Share Image
The other kids wanted to play Destiny's Child, but I wanted Anita O'Day. — Nellie McKay Child 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 have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic,… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there? — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
