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. Regina Spektor Read Quote
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. Regina Spektor Read Quote
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. Regina Spektor Read Quote
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. Regina Spektor Read Quote
I’ve been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations 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? Regina Spektor Read Quote
Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible. Regina Spektor Read Quote
I go through insanity before a show. It’s not really a process but it’s like absolute mortal fear. Regina Spektor Read Quote
This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song. Regina Spektor Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Regina Spektor Read Quote
