I was approaching adolescence. For some reason, I guess my mother thought it would be less crazy out in the suburbs, which it wasn't. I just think adolescence is hard for anyone.
Nellie McKayIn New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?
Nellie McKayI 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 McKayMusic can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any other medium.
Nellie McKayIn 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 singers, particularly singers who can play piano... If you go to the office of career development, you can get a gig much easier. Still, musicians tend to look down on you. I think they've got some nerve, because if they could sing, they would do it, but most of them can't.
Nellie McKay