(Despite the interviewer annoying me) this is a really good interview with an awesome translation —
·thanks to thetrès bon translation byfromRUwithsubtitles ·
— so I’m going to post it.
Even if you are unaware of who Regina Spektor/Регина Спектор is, this interview seems so important right now. So much of what she talked about in 2012 will grab you in this moment.
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“of course, yesterday, it was really emotional, because I played the concert, but I felt like I was… I felt like I needed to keep my emotions under control, but when I got out on stage I just started crying. Because it was very fantastic, but also strange, because I had a feeling that I couldn’t feel in any other city.”
(Interviewer): Right, because it’s your hometown, which you haven’t visited for a very long time.
“Yeah, and because when I was young I prepared myself for…”
(Interviewer): You prepared yourself for concerts at Crocus City Hall? No?
“No, I prepared myself for the reality that we would never be able to return.”
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