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Singer-songwriter

Nellie McKay is an American singer-songwriter recognized for her eclectic musical style, which fuses jazz, pop, and cabaret influences. Born on April 13, 1982, McKay has released several albums and has gained a dedicated following for her unique sound and witty lyrics.

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“I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.”

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

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“I 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.”

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“It was not very hard to do a double album. Nobody thinks it's a good idea if you're an unknown singer-songwriter. But I just kind of feel like if I want something, I can get it. That's the good side of being American, or something, you know?”

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“I'm just kind of sick of music. I don't know what I want to do. It's not that I feel suicidal or anything, but I just want to end this life. I just want to be somebody else now. Sometimes I feel like that. You always think, "If I just cut my hair really short and dye it brown and put on a little goatee, no one would know it was me, and I could..."”

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“Precocious and eccentric are okay. But I think that people in the arts represent something integral and kind of secretive in everybody else. So the reason people like some artists is because they're saying or doing something that they would like to do or say, but they don't have the balls or the means. People are really afraid to put their ass on the line. Just to put your face on a poster and put your name in big print and say "Come see me," that takes some cojones, you know? Ambition is nothing to be ashamed of.”

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Born: April 13, 1982
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 41

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