charlie: does the reference to joanie mitchell please you?very much so to me, she's one of the most incredible and unique musicians and when i discovered her music, it actually gave me the realization that i could maybe try and write some songs too because i think in my mind it was sort of relegated because i loved so many bands like the beatles or queen or the moody blues and then there were the russian bard singers. it was all these men and for some reason, i just thought -- i don't know what i thought but i didn't think that i should be writing songs. charlie: tell us about your musical journey. from russia to the u.s. regina: i think that my journey has a lot to do with kind people , because to help both my parents are artists and artistic and they really believed in, you know, share art, share classical concerts. music was always playing in the house and they decided to teach me music and even though my mom was a piano teacher, she really thought that it would be better for me to study with a separate teacher because then you don't have

sounds like a joany mitchell song. (music) i looked at clouds from both sides (music) this ain't no cloud, folks. this is a supernova. it's the largest force of nature. it's the explosion of a star, only this is an ever-accelerating supernova and it's the energy source driving everything. where did you want to build your town in the middle ages? you wanted to build them on the river. why? because that river gave you power, transportation, food and ideas. you wanted to build your town on the amazon. where do you want to build your town today? on amazon.com. you want to build it on this cloud which is now the energy source for all of these things. and what this energy source has done in a very rapid succession has changed four kinds of power. it changed the power of one while what one person can do now, make things or break things. we have a president-elect that sits in his pent house and on his cell phone communicates with literally billions of people at any second he feels like it. it's changed the power of machines. m

jackson brown, j.d., linda ronstadt, joanie mitchell, james taylor.>> is it difficult to reveal it constantly to so many people. why do you do this? >> i feel an obligation to people and to myself to share myself maybe as honestly as i can. ♪ i left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out ♪ ♪ well i hit the rowdy road and many kinds i met there many stories told all the ways to get there ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ so on and on i go ♪ the seconds tick the time out ♪ ♪ there's so much left to know when i'm on the road to find out ♪ ♪ >> everyone was just trying to do whatever came into their head. >> in the early days paul and i we wanted to be the group from england. they were very big those days. >> we had no idea who the people were, the mysterious mr. king was. wrote the songs, chains the beatles did, i'm into something good. which was part of the british invasion. we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behind the scenes woman to a star in her own right. ♪ i feel the earth move under my feet i

regaina spect tor is here, the rush arne born singer song writer has been call her generation's joanie mitchell, equal whimsical story teller and classical meanist. tom petty called her one of the most talented musicians alive today. her latest is called remember us to live. rolling stones said the album is full of brilliant underdog songs. here is regina spektor reporting older and taller in our studio. i remember all. ♪ colored. ♪ you're back. ♪ i they were wiser. ♪ alive, inspire and aspire. ♪ to be looking. ♪ you're not alone in the dark. ♪ you need to know. ♪ every time you decide to stay the world will make you go. ♪ when all you need. ♪ to know. ♪ ♪ ♪ you were about to be fired. ♪ from being so tired. ♪ from the one. ♪ who will take your place. ♪ all the lines on your resume. ♪ everything that you never did. ♪ you know everything. ♪ and enexpwhroi your youth. ♪ ♪ i remember you. ♪ is here at last. ♪ another day no longer a dream. ♪ remember. ♪ is you're not around. ♪ you need to know. ♪ every time you decide to stay. ♪ and it's all you need. ♪ to know. ♪ ♪ enjoy your jowt youth. ♪ >> ros

regina spektor is here, the russian born singer-songwriter has been called her generation's joanie ni mitchellual part story teller and classically trained pianists. tom petty called her one of the most talented musicians alive today. her seventh album is a return to her musical roots. "remember us to live." -- life." rolling stone says the album is full of brilliant, underdog songs. here is regina spektor performing "older and taller" in our studio. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ charlie: i'm pleased to have regina spektor at this table for the first time. welcome. regina: thank you, charlie. i'm so glad to be here. i just love you and the show very much. charlie: thank you. we're honored to have you here and congratulations on this quite something. regina: thank you. charlie: does the reference to joni mitchell please you? regina: very much so to me, -- very much so. to me, she's one of the most incredible and unique musicians and when i discovered her music, it actually gave me the realization that i could maybe try and write some songs too because i think in my mind it was sort of relegated because i l