I went to SUNY Purchase, where a lot of musician friends of mine went, and other film friends, artsy friends. It’s like a state art school, or something like that. And the school freaked us out so much about the corporate art situation in general. The music business, the movie business, all of the businesses… We left school absolutely terrified of them.
I’m so behind on pop culture that I was just listening and learning, and learning and listening.
I’m really bracing myself! You know, it’s kind of intense! I prefer recording records and playing live shows to doing television things. They feel terrifying to me. But I also feel absolutely amazed that they’ve invited me to play there!
I feel like all the people who work in plays or in film or write a novel, they have to have so much patience. They’re in it for the long haul, unlike musicians who go write a 3-minute song and immediately get to go play it.
But I live, in my mom’s and dad’s house, with my little brother.
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Bear Spektor - Regina Spektor
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Even today, I get to play [college shows] and we always put a few in, in every tour because I love schools so much and love college kids.
That was not sacastic, by the way, you worriers and warriors… that was a sincere thank you…
I know it’s ridiculous, but most of the time when I feel the audience I’m always just like “wow, these people are really good people.” And that always just gives me inspiration to play with them.
I love Paris in the rain, I love Paris in the rain, I love, I love, in the rain.
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Ne Me Quitte Pas - Regina Spektor
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The amazing thing to me about live shows is that anybody could write about it or try to explain it to someone, but really it’s just this very personal experience shared between the people that are there in the same room.
