Behinds Quote by Nellie McKay

I'm pretty indiscriminating, and I have awful taste, generally.

— Nellie McKay

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

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

The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty.

— Nellie McKay

Toronto's a delightful city.

— Nellie McKay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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