151 Quotes by Regina Spektor

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.

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.

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?

Its not like I have all the answers.

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.

It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body.

This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song.

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.

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.