151 Quotes by Regina Spektor

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    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.

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    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.

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    I also don’t like to make really big records, because I feel then that the songs don’t get enough space to be themselves, so I would never want to make a record that’s like seventeen songs.

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    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.

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    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?'

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