I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.
Nellie McKayThere are so many people that do things better than I do: dancing, singing like a black girl, singing country. Or if, while they sing, they move their arms in and around their crotch; when I sing, I play the piano and look like a little choirgirl. I'd like to mix it up like that.
Nellie McKayThe civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty.
Nellie McKayI 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 own right.
Nellie McKayI got sent off to my grandmother's for five months and watched a lot of TV and had a lot of grilled cheese with butter on it - because she was English and put lots of butter on everything - and yogurt. The English are big on dairy products, you know? I'd have an earache, and she'd be like, "Here, have some milk." Wonderful woman, but she had kind of screwed-up nutrition ideas.
Nellie McKay