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Nellie McKay Quotes

I used to play in the subway. If everyone tossed in a quarter, at the end of the day it would add up. It shows you aren't invisible. And it's better than being ignored, or kicked in the head, or worse.

Nellie McKay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 13, 1982

Topics

Day End Of The Day End Better You

What you find with really good directors is that they kind of leave you alone. They've hired you because they know the kind of work you do and the sense of how you'd approach it. So usually, they'll just stand back and maybe give you a nudge once in a while in terms of something specific they might want in a particular scene.

Joe Morton

Work Good Alone Stand You Find

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

Mavis Staples

Morning Singing Inspire You Lift Up

Apparently, as a kid, I used to eat spiders. Maybe there's some Freudian significance behind that.

Matt Smith

Kid Eat Used Behind Significance

'The O.C.' was very challenging.

Stephanie Savage

Very Challenging

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.

St. Vincent

Basketball Awesome Planet Only Like

I'm running for Congress to reverse Obama's big government policies, to be faithful to the principles on which our nation was founded, and to make members of Congress play by the same rules as the rest of us.

Ron DeSantis

Government Rest Rules Play Congress

How can a president not be an actor?

Ronald Reagan

Actor President How

My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that.

Miley Cyrus

Possible Talk Always Things Sing

Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record months or years after I made it and still get some enjoyment out of it?' Or 'Have I said what I wanted to say on this album? Did it connect with people on a personal level, even if it's a small number of people?'

Jason Isbell

Success People Ideas Small Early Go

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.

Jason Reitman

Life Son Think You Career Movies

I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry could be put to music and become a song.

Jordin Sparks

Music Poetry Song Become First

Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.

Don Winslow

Character Writing You Page Well