Quotes for All
[A]s soon as you try and take a song from your mind into piano and voice and into the real world, something gets lost and it’s like a moment where, in that moment you forget how it was and it’s this new way. And then when you make a record, even those ideas that you … Read 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. Regina Spektor
It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body. Regina Spektor
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?’ Regina Spektor
I go through insanity before a show. It’s not really a process but it’s like absolute mortal fear. Regina Spektor
I’ve got a perfect body, ’cause my eyelashes catch my sweat Regina Spektor
You’re using your headphones to drown out your mind Regina Spektor
This is how it works You peer inside yourself You take the things you like And try to love the things you took And then you take that love you made And stick it into some Someone else’s heart Pumping someone else’s blood. Regina Spektor
Maybe one day you’ll understand I don’t want nothing more than to sweetly hold your hand. Regina Spektor
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 … Read more