Regina Spektor
Birthday: 18 February 1980, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Birth Name: Regina Ilinichna Spektor
Height: 162 cm
Regina Spektor was born in Moscow, USSR to a musical Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Russian college of ...Show More
I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and tha Show more
I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny amount of people heard those songs, and I didn't make a living from it, and eventually I begged my parents to let me move back into my room. Hide
I figured, 'If I ever get offered a chance to sign a deal, I'll only do it if I got to do it how I w Show more
I figured, 'If I ever get offered a chance to sign a deal, I'll only do it if I got to do it how I want.' So my contract is structured in such a way that I'm really protected. Hide
I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.
I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.
It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body.
It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body.
I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such Show more
I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift. Hide
I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could th Show more
I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's the magic when you read or hear something wonderful - there's no one that has all the answers. Hide
It's not like I have all the answers.
It's not like I have all the answers.
I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influence Show more
I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love are like The Beatles and Radiohead, and all those records by bands whose music is really involved. Hide
The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on t Show more
The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the final masters, the artwork. Basically, I hand them a record. Hide
When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try t Show more
When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good. Hide
Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about s Show more
Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible. Hide
Maybe I am skipping over the city and going from very personal things to the world, from internal ex Show more
Maybe I am skipping over the city and going from very personal things to the world, from internal experience to giant, far-away-from-space experience. Hide
I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, an Show more
I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, and I don't know any more if this is the awesomest way to live. Hide
It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build fro Show more
It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing. Hide
You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the en Show more
You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the day, you have no idea how the tide is going to fall. You don't know if everyone's going to like it, if everyone's going to hate it, if it's going to be like you're a media darling, or all of a sudden you're a sellout. You have no idea. Hide
This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song.
This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song.
I'm like, 'Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wou Show more
I'm like, 'Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wouldn't. Or are you the person that left The Beatles after 'She Loves You,' or 'Drive My Car?' You weren't on board for 'Revolution 9' or 'Day In The Life,' were you?' Hide
I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, tha Show more
I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures. Hide
I've done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everyt Show more
I've done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything, destroy everything, because you think it all sucks and you can do it better. Hide
I knew all this Beatles music. I knew the songs phonetically. It was like my whole experience of tha Show more
I knew all this Beatles music. I knew the songs phonetically. It was like my whole experience of that music was out of focus, and somebody put the perfect glasses on me, and all of a sudden I could see everything. Hide
I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realizations how little we are Show more
I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realizations how little we are, how far we are from everything else in our solar system. This idea of distance started kind of haunting me. How do you go forth and accomplish things but not end up leaving everything you started out with in the dust? Hide
Usually, I write it all together. The words and the piano part just come to find where they sit toge Show more
Usually, I write it all together. The words and the piano part just come to find where they sit together, and the sounds and everything just kind of roll around over and over, until it all settles as a song. Sometimes I'll hum while walking and write a song, but usually I can never figure out a piano part to it later. It just stays an a Capella song. Hide
Regina Spektor's FILMOGRAPHY
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