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You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything.

- Nellie McKay

Band, Know, Survive, Marching

I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can.

- Nellie McKay

People, Off, Terribly, Admiring

In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band. I had my little boogie-woogie thing that I did, so I did my little boogie-woogie thing. I had a very high-pitched voice.

- Nellie McKay

Voice, Very, Jazz Band, Piano Player

I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.

- Nellie McKay

Kind, Go, Musical, MGM

Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life.

- Nellie McKay

Love, Small, Fleeting, Love Is

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

- Nellie McKay

Love, Crowd, Half, Dressing Room

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

City, New, Use, Why Not

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.

- Nellie McKay

Commercial, Last, Oasis, Public Radio

You know, I wanted to get married, and so I - but I, you know, I realize no matter what you want, it's kind of a fantasy.

- Nellie McKay

Kind, Want, Fantasy, Get Married

I used to play in the subway. If everyone tossed in a quarter, at the end of the day it would add up. It shows you aren't invisible. And it's better than being ignored, or kicked in the head, or worse.

- Nellie McKay

Play, Invisible, Used, Tossed

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect.

- Nellie McKay

Love, Worry, Always, Lyrics

It's always so nerve-wracking being up there on stage. It's even harder playing in your hometown - and I have a couple of home towns - but, you're playing for all the people you knew in high school, so it causes no small degree of panic in my mind.

- Nellie McKay

Small, Couple, Your, Panic

I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my voice to make it that far. So I feel a bit like Rod Stewart. Once you've had that rock career, people will give you that chance where otherwise they might not.

- Nellie McKay

Voice, Career, Singer, Starting

Toronto's a delightful city.

- Nellie McKay

City, Toronto, Delightful

If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for the Earth and for other people. We can feed more people, we can feed the starving people.

- Nellie McKay

Basics, Other, Starving, Closer

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 there.

- Nellie McKay

People, Say, Really, Considering

Music can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any other medium.

- Nellie McKay

Needs, Accessible, Shared, Medium

I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over.

- Nellie McKay

Thought, Over, Idea, No Idea

I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic, and oftentimes it doesn't have the best hooks on every track.

- Nellie McKay

Rap, Very, Oftentimes, Hooks

I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things.

- Nellie McKay

Think, I Wish, I Think, Nice Things

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

Singer, Someone, Considered, Instruments

I'm glad if people can listen to some music and maybe fix some prejudices of their own, just by thinking.

- Nellie McKay

Some, Maybe, Prejudices, Glad

I'm not sure I know how to make music anymore. Maybe you're given a window into things for a time, and beyond that maybe it goes away. Why should you expect it to stay?

- Nellie McKay

Away, Sure, Given, Window

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about.

- Nellie McKay

Dream, Strive, Criticize, Avoid

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 gotten better. I think you could say things have gotten worse, but I don't think you could say that things have gotten better. Overall. You can't say that.

- Nellie McKay

Think, Through, I Think, Overall

I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.

- Nellie McKay

Trouble, Kind, Getting, Concentrating

The other kids wanted to play Destiny's Child, but I wanted Anita O'Day.

- Nellie McKay

Destiny, Play, Other, Other Kids

Less money for public media means less access to the arts.

- Nellie McKay

Money, Access, Means, Less Money

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

- Nellie McKay

Pretty, Awful, Generally, Taste

I think I have advanced ADD.

- Nellie McKay

Think, Add, I Think, Advanced

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