You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the day, you have no idea how the tide is going to fall. You don't know if everyone's going to like it, if everyone's going to hate it, if it's going to be like you're a media darling, or all of a sudden you're a sellout. You have no idea.

Spektor has a broad vocal range and uses the full extent of it. Spektor is married to Jack DiRegina Spektorl guitarist with the band The Moldy Peaches. Spektor completed the four-year studio composition program of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College within three years graduating with honors in 2001.

Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (Russian: Реги́нa Ильи́нична Спе́ктор IPA: [rʲɪˈɡʲinə ˈspʲɛktər]; /rɨˈdʒiːnə ˈspɛktər/; born February 18 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.