Nellie McKay Quotes

I have a very competent case of ADD.

I have extreme ADD.

Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.

I have ADD. I can't pay attention to one thing too long.

I have ADHD. I'll admit it.

I was obsessive-compulsive, and I probably had a little splash of Asperger's in there, but in those days, in 1953, you were just a difficult kid. Attention deficit didn't even exist back then. I really had trouble completing tasks - I couldn't sit still.

The kid in me has ADD.

I'm so ADD.

I have OCD mixed with ADD; you try living with that.

I can multitask like crazy. I'm riddled with ADD - a blessing and a curse.

I have creative ADD.

I've got ADHD, and my whole life, people thought I was some kind of troublemaker because I had all this energy.

If I were put into a college lecture hall right now and told to pay attention for 45 minutes, it would be physically impossible for me to do. I'm one of those people who believe that ADD is a gift. It's tough to manage, but if you can harness it you can do great things.

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right.

As Americans, which I suffer from myself, we have ADD.

I have late onset ADHD. I take on too much and end up spinning plates, but it's entertaining, and it helps you make quick connections if you're a comedian, if you have a brain that can dance around too much.

I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.

My laziness is really profound. I'm really interested in where it comes from - it almost feels chemical. And we've all got ADD now, short attention span and all that.

I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me.

I was diagnosed with ADD - see also: raised on sugary cereals and cartoons - and manic depression. So I was prescribed Ritalin for the ADD, and for the manic imbalances I was prescribed mostly benzodiazepines, which I loved, and antidepressants.

I was diagnosed with ADHD twice. I didn't believe the first doctor who told me, and I had a whole theory that ADHD was just something they invented to make you pay for medicine, but then the second doctor told me I had it.

I have severe ADD, and I'm constantly looking to amuse myself.

Most of us have this story of not feeling comfortable because of how you were. Now they call it ADHD. I just knew I bounced all over the place. I'm glad I had ADHD... It's what makes us creative.

I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 14. Weirdly enough, I then learnt, through doing different things, to concentrate.

That's the problem with ADHD: I have no focus; I get bored.