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
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.… — 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
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
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'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 there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things. — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
I was approaching adolescence. For some reason, I guess my mother thought it would be less crazy out in the suburbs, which… — 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
It was not very hard to do a double album. Nobody thinks it's a good idea if you're an unknown singer-songwriter. But… — 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
I'm just kind of sick of music. I don't know what I want to do. It's not that I feel suicidal or… — 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
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 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
