--- title: "10 Kind Quotes By Regina Spektor" description: "10 Kind quotes by Regina Spektor. Plus more from Regina Spektor and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/regina-spektor-3582_book_i-always-have-kind-of-a-few-books-going_3120027.png" --- > [I always have kind of a few books going at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-always-have-kind-of-a-few-books-going-at-the-same-time/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/regina-spektor-3582_book_i-always-have-kind-of-a-few-books-going_3120027.png) > [Songs kind of live in a timeless place for me, and since I make records I dunno, about every two-and-a-half to three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/songs-kind-of-live-in-a-timeless-place-for-me-and-since-i-make/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/regina-spektor-3582_enough_songs-kind-of-live-in-a-timeless-place-f_1027367.jpg) > [I've done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything, destroy everything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-ve-done-that-kind-of-stuff-in-records-where-you-start-going-back/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/regina-spektor-3582_done_i-ve-done-that-kind-of-stuff-in-records_13317.png) > [Luckily, there's enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/luckily-there-s-enough-people-who-have-recorded-songs-that-i-can-just/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/regina-spektor-3582_enough_luckily-there-s-enough-people-who-have-r_573223.png) > [All the monsters in your mind just want to be nice. They want to be kind. They want to play nice. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/all-the-monsters-in-your-mind-just-want-to-be-nice-they-want-to-be/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/regina-spektor-3582_be-kind_all-the-monsters-in-your-mind-just-want_2740363.png) > [There's an artist that I listened to for the first time, and I really didn't like them. I had some kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/there-s-an-artist-that-i-listened-to-for-the-first-time-and-i-really/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/regina-spektor-3582_adverse_there-s-an-artist-that-i-listened-to-for_2622046.png) > [I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, how far we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-ve-been-thinking-a-lot-about-space-it-was-one-of-those-slow-motion/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/regina-spektor-3582_accomplish_i-ve-been-thinking-a-lot-about-space-it_2293051.png) > [I'm both kinds of a person; I have a side of me that's very light and very optimistic and finds everything surreal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-m-both-kinds-of-a-person-i-have-a-side-of-me-that-s-very-light-and/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/regina-spektor-3582_feels_i-m-both-kinds-of-a-person-i-have-a-side_708534.png) > [It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/it-s-a-real-gift-to-be-able-to-have-the-works-of-brilliant-great/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/regina-spektor-3582_able_it-s-a-real-gift-to-be-able-to-have-the_240711.jpg) > [I spent the '80s in the Soviet Union and when I came to America it was '89 and I was in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-spent-the-80s-in-the-soviet-union-and-when-i-came-to-america-it-was/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/regina-spektor-3582_80s_i-spent-the-80s-in-the-soviet-union-and_2191987.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Regina Spektor > [I just think music is one of those frontiers where people really want the "I" to be you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-just-think-music-is-one-of-those-frontiers-where-people-really-want/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/it-feels-very-good-to-sing-in-russian-it-feels-so-good-inside-my-body/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-ve-done-that-kind-of-stuff-in-records-where-you-start-going-back/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [Love what you have and you'll have more love!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/love-what-you-have-and-you-ll-have-more-love/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [I have this obsession with the '80s because I missed all of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-have-this-obsession-with-the-80s-because-i-missed-all-of-it/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [“This is how it works: you're young until you're not. You love until you don't, you try until you can't, you laugh until you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/this-is-how-it-works-you-re-young-until-you-re-not-you-love-until-you/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [No one laughs at God in a hospital,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/no-one-laughs-at-god-in-a-hospital/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [No one's laughing at God -We're all laughing with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/no-one-s-laughing-at-god-we-re-all-laughing-with-god/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-write-a-tiny-fraction-of-what-i-used-to-write-my-only-job-used-to/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [I feel different. You know this many times over, because you are a parent, but it transforms you. It's this incredible experience where, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-feel-different-you-know-this-many-times-over-because-you-are-a/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [I've got a perfect body, 'cause my eyelashes catch my sweat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-ve-got-a-perfect-body-cause-my-eyelashes-catch-my-sweat/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [I think that you have to let yourself be agitated and annoyed and not be fully comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-think-that-you-have-to-let-yourself-be-agitated-and-annoyed-and-not/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [This is how it works You're young until you're not You love until you don't You try until you can't You laugh until you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/this-is-how-it-works-you-re-young-until-you-re-not-you-love-until-you-2/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/it-s-a-real-gift-to-be-able-to-have-the-works-of-brilliant-great/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) > [The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/the-only-thing-they-really-get-to-pick-is-the-single-but-i-get-to/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/regina-spektor/#itemlist", "name": "10 Kind Quotes By Regina Spektor", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always have kind of a few books going at the same time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Regina Spektor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-always-have-kind-of-a-few-books-going-at-the-same-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/regina-spektor-3582_book_i-always-have-kind-of-a-few-books-going_3120027.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/regina-spektor-3582_book_i-always-have-kind-of-a-few-books-going_3120027.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/regina-spektor-3582_book_i-always-have-kind-of-a-few-books-going_3120027.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always have kind of a few books going at the same time.” — Regina Spektor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Songs kind of live in a timeless place for me, and since I make records I dunno, about every two-and-a-half to three years or something like that, it's just not enough to put all the songs that I have, no matter how much I put.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Regina Spektor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/songs-kind-of-live-in-a-timeless-place-for-me-and-since-i-make/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/regina-spektor-3582_enough_songs-kind-of-live-in-a-timeless-place-f_1027367.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/regina-spektor-3582_enough_songs-kind-of-live-in-a-timeless-place-f_1027367.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/regina-spektor-3582_enough_songs-kind-of-live-in-a-timeless-place-f_1027367.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Songs kind of live in a timeless place for me, and since I make records I dunno, about every two-and-a-half…” — Regina Spektor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Regina Spektor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-ve-done-that-kind-of-stuff-in-records-where-you-start-going-back/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/regina-spektor-3582_done_i-ve-done-that-kind-of-stuff-in-records_13317.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/regina-spektor-3582_done_i-ve-done-that-kind-of-stuff-in-records_13317.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/regina-spektor-3582_done_i-ve-done-that-kind-of-stuff-in-records_13317.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything…” — Regina Spektor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Luckily, there's enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how to play them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Regina Spektor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/luckily-there-s-enough-people-who-have-recorded-songs-that-i-can-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/regina-spektor-3582_enough_luckily-there-s-enough-people-who-have-r_573223.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/regina-spektor-3582_enough_luckily-there-s-enough-people-who-have-r_573223.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/regina-spektor-3582_enough_luckily-there-s-enough-people-who-have-r_573223.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Luckily, there's enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how…” — Regina Spektor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the monsters in your mind just want to be nice. 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