Nellie mckay

If you look through the century, certain things have gotten better and certain things have gotten worse. I wouldn't say overall that things have gotten better. I think you could say things have gotten...

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect.

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

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...

I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic, and oftentimes it doesn't have the best hooks on every track.

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

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

I think I have advanced ADD.

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

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?