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Regina Spektor

Singer-songwriter and pianist, “Fidelity” and “Samson”

u/_ReginaSpektor_ ↗AMA only

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Her 2016 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 22 comments from u/_ReginaSpektor_, all from 2016, most often in r/IAmA.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I’m Regina Spektor! Ask me anything!”

Easy question, who inspired you to do music?

u/_ReginaSpektor_ replied

i think all the music that i heard as a child really made me want to be a part of that world- like mozart and chopin and bach.... but it was really hearing Joni Mitchell that made me realize that…

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i think all the music that i heard as a child really made me want to be a part of that world- like mozart and chopin and bach.... but it was really hearing Joni Mitchell that made me realize that women can write songs... I was always listening to male bards, and it just never occurred to me... after i discovered her songs i really wanted to write my own... and after that hearing Ani DiFranco and Tori Amos cemented the idea that i can just sit and make up songs and share them with people... Then Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald made me only want to sing like jazz, and then Bjork came along and exploded my mind, and after i stopped sounding like all of them, i was able to start finding something that was like my own voice... i LOVE music... Oh and of course there are a ton of male musicians too, but it was the women that made me realize i can write my own songs...

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I’m Regina Spektor! Ask me anything!”

Hiii Regina!!! Why do you never perform consequence of Sounds and Pavlovs daughter live? 2 of my absolute favourite songs in the world. I know artists hate when people always talk about their old music but your entire catalogue is breathtaking. Love the new album btw.

u/_ReginaSpektor_ replied

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i've definitely performed COS live- i even had a "Lap" microphone on a bunch of tours for when i hit my thigh... it's a strange thing choosing songs that fit at the moment.... it's kind of like the clothes you like in your closet- you can't part with them, but when you try them on, you never seem to be in the mood... Some songs like Pavlov's daughter, you just outgrow... and i guess that's what records are good for- otherwise they'd be totally lost... I feel like you have to perform what is right in the moment for you- and not just be "performing" something... so i always just pick songs that feel right in the moment...

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I’m Regina Spektor! Ask me anything!”

Hi Regina, I just got done watching Kubo and the two strings (fantastic movie btw) last week and had the Guitar Gently Weeps credit song stuck in my head for a while. Lo and behold, it was you singing it! How did you get the part for the end credit song? Do you often do covers…

u/_ReginaSpektor_ replied

First of all Kubo is an AMAZING movie- you have to see it if you haven't... It is beautiful, and you might just sort of cry on and off through the whole film like i did, but it is just…

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First of all Kubo is an AMAZING movie- you have to see it if you haven't... It is beautiful, and you might just sort of cry on and off through the whole film like i did, but it is just a really unique story... I was invited to do the cover by Travis Knight who directed it, and the composer who is amazing Dario Marianelli- did the arrangement- so i just sang on the demo, and i wasn't involved in any arrangement- which i've never done before, actually... wow, i didn't realize that till i typed this... anyhow! I love the Beatles version, and it was super inspiring to get to do the cover for the film... I love writing for film, and recording covers... I love getting an "assignment" like when i was invited to write "You've Got Time" for Orange Is The New Black- because it feels so different than writing my own songs (writing with no agenda/ no collaborative element) and sometimes things i would never otherwise write or think of or sing like, happen... Thank you! PS definitely gonna come back to Texas!