Nellie McKay Quotes

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Nellie McKay

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 13, 1982

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

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

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

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Toronto's a delightful city.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

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I think I have advanced ADD.

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