Regina Spektor Quotes
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.
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I've actually changed my view of Los Angeles. When I was younger, I hated it, because I thought it was fake and superficial. As I've gotten older, I've found that to be absolutely true, but I don't care.
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I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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I feel nothing can push you till the time you want to get pushed.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
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I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.
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I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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In my opinion, whenever you get two guys who want to fight each and two guys who want to be in a good fight, you let them fight.
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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross with them if they do because she doesn't want that in her head. She's going where she's going, and that's where she wants to go.
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I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.
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I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
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When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.
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If you feel like you've got a concussion, if you don't know, if you take the test whatever, if you feel like you've got a concussion, the biggest thing is rest, man. Cause you usually compound your injury so much if you go back out there, and we all know that now.
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I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.
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It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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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.
