45 Quotes by Nellie McKay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.