Nellie McKay

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?

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

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

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.