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It doesn’t feel natural for me to write some diary type song. I want to write a classic like Yesterday but weird songs about meatballs in refrigerators come into my head – I can’t help it.

Regina Spektor

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Regina Spektor
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 18
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Guitarist
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Moscow
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