As long as you have imagination, you never need to work. You never get bored. You could just walk around and go to museums and check out new movies. You could be busy in New York city for 10,000 years. — 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 Image
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 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 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 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 there is… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 can be… — Nellie McKay 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 things have… — 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: the competition,… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
