I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can. — Nellie McKay Admiring 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 Go Copy Share Image
I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really. — Nellie McKay Any Copy Share Image
I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things. — Nellie McKay About Copy Share Image
I'm pretty indiscriminating, and I have awful taste, generally. — Nellie McKay Awful Copy Share Image
You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about. — Nellie McKay About 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 Hook 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 Amazing 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 Creative Copy Share Image
I used to play in the subway. If everyone tossed in a quarter, at the end of the day it would add… — Nellie McKay Add 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 Adolescence Copy Share Image
You know, I wanted to get married, and so I - but I, you know, I realize no matter what you want,… — Nellie McKay Fantasy Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I know how to make music anymore. Maybe you're given a window into things for a time, and beyond… — Nellie McKay Anymore Copy Share Image
As long as you have imagination, you never need to work. You never get bored. You could just walk around and go… — Nellie McKay Bored Copy Share Image
In terms of content, a lot of rap is crap, with all the sexism and homophobic bullshit. It's incredible how rappers are… — Nellie McKay Bullshit 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 Cutting 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 Double 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 Clash Copy Share Image
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band.… — Nellie McKay Always 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 Brain 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 Better 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 About 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
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
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 Different 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 Agree 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 Agree Copy Share Image
The other kids wanted to play Destiny's Child, but I wanted Anita O'Day. — Nellie McKay Child Copy Share Image
You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything. — Nellie McKay Anything 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
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'm glad if people can listen to some music and maybe fix some prejudices of their own, just by thinking. — Nellie McKay Fix 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 Back Copy Share Image
I'm glad I got a record contract, because all of a sudden everything you were doing before that made you a stupid… — Nellie McKay Glad Copy Share Image
