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 haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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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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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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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 like to make strong statements. I want to write strong novels... I keep my deep, radical things for my novels.
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There were things I'd never do again, but then, they'd always seemed right.
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I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play.
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Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread a text, you teach yourself something about craft.
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Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.
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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.
