--- title: "10 Records Quotes By Regina Spektor" description: "10 Records quotes by Regina Spektor. Plus more from Regina Spektor and more Records sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/regina-spektor-3582_really_i-don-t-really-make-records-chronologica_2190473.png" --- > [I don't really make records chronologically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-don-t-really-make-records-chronologically/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/regina-spektor-3582_really_i-don-t-really-make-records-chronologica_2190473.png) > [If somebody wanted to go and find songs of mine to fill an iPod, that aren't on any records. They could probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/if-somebody-wanted-to-go-and-find-songs-of-mine-to-fill-an-ipod-that/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/regina-spektor-3582_dozen_if-somebody-wanted-to-go-and-find-songs_243259.png) > [I'm much more into someone who is telling stories than somebody who is writing a record about their breakup. It's just more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-m-much-more-into-someone-who-is-telling-stories-than-somebody-who/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/regina-spektor-3582_breakup_i-m-much-more-into-someone-who-is-tellin_2609051.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) > [It's always interesting to me to see people projecting things, like people would say, "This record is much more mature than your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/it-s-always-interesting-to-me-to-see-people-projecting-things-like/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/regina-spektor-3582_interesting_it-s-always-interesting-to-me-to-see-peo_2657914.png) > [I also don't like to make really big records, because I feel then that the songs don't get enough space to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-also-don-t-like-to-make-really-big-records-because-i-feel-then-that/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/regina-spektor-3582_bigs_i-also-don-t-like-to-make-really-big-rec_3081416.png) > [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) > [I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-d-always-wanted-to-work-in-the-studio-and-experiment-with-sounds/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6de/regina-spektor-3582_band_i-d-always-wanted-to-work-in-the-studio_682303.png) > [I hate picking favourite books. I usually tend to stay away from all the 'top record' and 'favourite song' and 'favourite book',…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-hate-picking-favourite-books-i-usually-tend-to-stay-away-from-all/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/regina-spektor-3582_book_i-hate-picking-favourite-books-i-usually_494288.png) > [ \[A\]s soon as you try and take a song from your mind into piano and voice and into the real world, something… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/a-s-soon-as-you-try-and-take-a-song-from-your-mind-into-piano-and/) [Regina Spektor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-spektor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/regina-spektor-3582_changed_a-s-soon-as-you-try-and-take-a-song-from_1319982.png) ## Other authors on Records ## 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/records/regina-spektor/#itemlist", "name": "10 Records Quotes By Regina Spektor", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't really make records chronologically.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Regina Spektor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-spektor/i-don-t-really-make-records-chronologically/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/regina-spektor-3582_really_i-don-t-really-make-records-chronologica_2190473.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/regina-spektor-3582_really_i-don-t-really-make-records-chronologica_2190473.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/regina-spektor-3582_really_i-don-t-really-make-records-chronologica_2190473.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't really make records chronologically.” — Regina Spektor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If somebody wanted to go and find songs of mine to fill an iPod, that aren't on any records. 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