Regina Spektor Biography

Born asRegina Ilyinichna Spektor
Occup.Musician
FromRussia
BornFebruary 18, 1980
Moscow, Russia
Age44 years
Regina Spektor was born upon February 18, 1980, in Moscow, Russia, to a musical household of Jewish heritage. Her daddy, Ilya Spektor, was a digital photographer and also amateur violinist, while her mother, Bella Spektor, was a songs teacher in a Russian university.

Maturing, Regina was revealed to a varied variety of music styles, consisting of classical, Russian folk, as well as American rock-and-roll. She studied piano from an early age, as well as with her university years, she educated with several of Russia's most popular trainers.

In 1989, when Regina was nine years of ages, her household moved to the Bronx, New York, after getting approval to emigrate from the Soviet authorities. They cleared up in an area with a strong Russian-Jewish community, and Regina attended a local yeshiva.

In New York, Regina started carrying out in neighborhood clubs and also coffeehouses, playing her very own tracks as well as covers of artists she admired. In 2001, she authorized with Sire Records and released her first album, "11:11". The cd was favored by movie critics, and also Regina began to acquire an expanding adhering to around the globe.

Over the next couple of years, Regina continued to explore and launch albums, obtaining a reputation for her unorthodox songwriting and her one-of-a-kind vocal style. Her third cd, "Soviet Kitsch", released in 2004, marked a transforming factor in her occupation. The album was seriously well-known and also consisted of the hit single "United States", which assisted to move Regina's name into the prominent consciousness.

Regina's music has been featured in a variety of movies and also TV programs, consisting of "Grey's Anatomy", "Weeds", and "Orange Is the New Black". She has actually worked together with musicians such as The Strokes and Ben Folds, and also has actually recorded tracks for numerous film soundtracks, consisting of "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian".

Along with her music occupation, Regina has actually also been involved in various philanthropic reasons. She participated in the "Songs for Tibet" task, which aimed to increase understanding of the circumstances of the Tibetan people. She has likewise worked with Planned Parenthood as well as the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In General, Regina Spektor is a distinct as well as highly gifted artist whose music shows her diverse training as well as affects. She has actually won many awards as well as accolades throughout her job, consisting of a Grammy nomination for her 2016 cd, "Remember United States to Life". Regina continues to explore and also tape music, and her followers eagerly anticipate what she will certainly come out with next.

Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by Regina.

Related authors: Ben Folds (Musician), Josh Silver (Musician)

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22 Famous quotes by Regina Spektor

Small: Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about some
"Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible"
Small: Maybe I am skipping over the city and going from very personal things to the world, from internal exper
"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"
Small: I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I dont care so
"I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things"
Small: 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"
Small: Ive done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything
"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"
Small: Im like, Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wouldnt.
"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?'"
Small: The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the
"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"
Small: 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"
Small: Ive been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, ho
"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?"
Small: I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more Ive seen forests and nature and oceans, and I
"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"
Small: I figured, If I ever get offered a chance to sign a deal, Ill only do it if I got to do it how I want.
"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"
Small: You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end o
"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"
Small: Id always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that Im really influenced by
"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"
Small: I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw
"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"
Small: I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, thats
"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"
Small: I knew all this Beatles music. I knew the songs phonetically. It was like my whole experience of that m
"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"
Small: I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? Its such a g
"I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift"
Small: I go through insanity before a show. Its not really a process but its like absolute mortal fear
"I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear"
Small: Its a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from.
"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"
Small: I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that w
"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"
Small: When youre playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to wr
"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"
Small: Its not like I have all the answers
"It's not like I have all the answers"