Interview with singer maxim. Exclusive interview with singer MakSim

It's nice to communicate with a strong, self-sufficient person. Singer MAKSIM is exactly like that. A musician with absolutely individual thinking, she thinks paradoxically even in life. Now MakSim has a really happy time. She is in love and expecting her second child. I confess that during our conversation I quickly fell under the spell of this beautiful woman, which, like an arrow, pierces with its sharp gaze. And of course, her voice is mesmerizing - so soft and melodic, not only when MakSim sings, but also when she talks. So, the voice recorder is on.

Dear MakSim, can I call you Marina? It's your native name.

Of course, call. My mother calls me Marina, so you can be a little bit my mother. ( smiling.)

“Being your mom” sounds good. Why did you take on a pseudonym? Is it some kind of gap between real life and the stage?

The point is that the pseudonym has always been closer to me than mine given name. Also in adolescence I was "Maxim", "Max".

Is that your older brother's name?

Yes. I grew up like a boy. I went in for sports with my brother, loved karate, and no one found femininity in me, some kind of grace.

What kind of grace and femininity is there if the girl is a karateka?!

Well, I did not want to be a girl in the usual sense. I don't know what influenced me. I grew up, in general, with a normal orientation, but I did not like, for example, women's outfits. I did not like the stereotypes that usually exist in women's companies. I was less interested with my girlfriends than with my friends.

And today too?

I have a girlfriend, the one and only, she lives in Kazan. We communicate with her, share a lot, sometimes we write one song for two.

Apparently, the definition of "white crow" fits you perfectly.

I really felt like a black sheep. This and in primary school felt strongly. Even when I became a fairly public person, I remained closed and exist separately from others - unfortunately or fortunately. Living “open wide”, as is often the case with artists, is definitely not mine. It has always been easier for me to talk about myself through creativity. Maybe this is my character, my nature. My mother, for example, is very modest. She is quiet, such a "dandelion". Mom worked all her life as a kindergarten teacher.

How did it happen that at the age of 15 your mother-educator let you go free swimming - to sing in clubs, restaurants, and even away from your native Kazan?

I left not at the age of 15, but at 17. Of course, it was a shock for my mother. All people outside the world of show business have their own prejudices associated with this area of ​​activity. Therefore, my mother categorically did not want to let me go. Dad let go.

So dad has a broader view of things like that, right?

Dad has always been a very active person, he loved music and always supported me. And until now, it is he who supports me more often, while my brother finds better mutual language with mom. Still, my mother and I are very different, and in my difficult adolescence we dealt with her a lot about the reasons for mutual misunderstanding.

Did you figure it out as a result?

Understood. Mom began to support me only when she realized that my quest is not just a desire to do something in defiance. When, while still a teenager, I told my parents that I would leave for Moscow, they set a condition: “Only first you finish school well and go to university yourself.” It was almost impossible because I missed a lot of classes. I was a terrible bitch. But in the end, I succeeded! Of course, I cheated and then entered the Kazan State Technical University at the most unpopular faculty of public relations. Then I switched to the correspondence department, but I studied honestly: I was taught independence and responsibility at school. These qualities came in handy in Moscow, where I soon nevertheless left. The first years of living in the capital I associate with the Lenin Library. I really liked the atmosphere there: those huge doors, tables, green lamps… And those clocks that chime the time in silence. I don't know if they hang there now or not, but they added to that magical atmosphere for me.

I immediately remembered the film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears”, where the heroine Muravyova went to the Lenin Library with one goal - to catch suitors: “Can you imagine what kind of contingent is there? Academicians, doctors, philosophers… There is also a smoking room there.”

(laughing.) I have not reviewed this picture for a long time. At the time when I went to Leninka, the Internet already existed, so it was difficult to meet potential suitors there. By the way, I myself did not use the Internet until recently. I like to read books, I write everything down in notebooks and on papers.

And the songs too?

Yes. I'm not good with computers. More precisely, now I can read the news there.

Maybe that's why your songs are so sincere, lively, "non-computer". As for Moscow... Lenin Library- it's great, of course. But still:
is it true that your motivation for conquering the capital was the desire to prove to your beloved that you can achieve a lot without him?

I, most likely, wanted to prove to myself, and not to him. So I manifested youthful maximalism. To be honest, I really didn't like this feeling. true love, I was afraid of him and it was from him that I fled to Moscow.

Horrible! At a young age, on the contrary, everyone wants to fall in love for a long time and seriously.

You know, Vadim, it was some kind of internal struggle with everything that surrounds you. For some reason I wanted to break all the stereotypes. I fell in love and realized that this feeling is stronger than me. And I immediately protest things that force me to do something, whether psychologically or physically.

Therefore, an escape to Moscow, to meet the real one?

I ran away, but at the same time I continued to live with the same feelings and memories. The object of my love remained in Kazan. I had a crazy addiction to this man, and yet I did not return to him. All my feelings poured into music, into creativity.

Interestingly, a young man from Kazan did not tell you: “Marina, you are crazy. We love each other, why artificially create barriers?

He said, of course, something like that. He wanted to marry me and absolutely did not understand my actions. My mother told me that with my character I need to get married as soon as possible and give birth to a child - they say, then I would calm down, start wearing dresses with ruffles, get a job in some office and turn into a normal woman.

How did your romance end? Although such an exotic connection cannot even be called a novel.

This went on for seven years, then feelings grew into friendship and even into kinship. Then he got married: how long could you wait for me? Especially since he is ten years older than me. And then I caught myself thinking that I really want this person to be happy, to have a healthy son, just as they wish their relatives.

And yet I find it hard to believe that you have driven love temptations away from you.

I really didn't fall in love for a very long time. I even envy those who can do this - to find new love every month.

But weren't you afraid that in this way you would get a taste and forever remain the Snow Queen?

That's what I wanted.

When did the new colors appear?

Recently. I fell in love, and the feeling that for the first time. I understand that I no longer struggle with this feeling. Suddenly I caught myself thinking that I began to obey my beloved man, became a house cat.

Marina, but a year ago in the magazine OK! there was your luxurious photo shoot and interview, where you said that your then young man, Alexander, proposed to you. True, it recently became clear that it was a PR move. Explain what is true and what is not.

I can't say that it was a 100% PR move, it would be difficult for me to play such games. It all started really sincerely - we planned to record new song, but then we struck up an easy friendship.

Friendship, but not love?

Now I understand that it is not. It was a relationship that happens between two best friends. I could tell Sasha anything, talk some nonsense, and all this was perceived very easily, without jealousy, without intrigue, without envy. But even then I understood that in the end I would not marry him.

So did Alexander make you an offer or not?

Yes, I did, but everything was again somehow easy and superficial, as if not real. Although, on the other hand, he helped me a lot, made friends with my daughter. They still communicate and are friends. Alexander lives in St. Petersburg, and when he arrives in Moscow, they go somewhere together, to the zoo, for example, or just walk all day.

If it wasn't love, then why was it necessary to imitate it?

Because at that moment I didn’t want anything serious. I was very calm, nothing disturbed. Now Alexander has a much harder time than me, morally. Because behind all this ease, the game, he had a deep feeling. And I thought that if I leave a person who is so devoted to me, I will not be able to forgive myself for this.

When did you stop interacting closely?

When I fell in love And this feeling consumed me completely.

I know you fundamentally do not want to name your current companion.

Yes. He, like all princes on a white horse, wants to become famous good deeds. (laughing.)

Nevertheless, the paparazzi are watching you: there are your joint photos and even video. It is known that he is a serious businessman and is far from the world of show business. Perhaps you needed just such a man?

Maybe. For me, he is a man from another planet.

Can you formulate what his “alien” is?

In everything, starting with the daily routine, where everything is clearly regulated, and ending with responsibility for every word spoken.

You, too, are probably an alien to him.

Of course, our hipster party causes him some bewilderment. To say that we adapt to each other is not true. Now I get crazy pleasure just from communication and tactile things. You are trying to explain something, and not always what you are sure of turns out to be the only true one. I'm interested to see how he talks. He is also interested in knowing what I think. At the same time, he does not ask me banal questions that usually interest everyone: how did I become popular? how do i write songs? If he sees that I am composing, he simply says: "Well done." In general, I now have a feeling of calm and confidence - this has never happened before.

I feel your peace, which is probably connected with another happy circumstance - with your pregnancy.

Now I am wildly happy with everything. I wake up and it seems to me: "Oh, what a cute rain." Everyone says: "That's the same slush." And it seems to me that it’s so beautiful, the gray sky is cool. It's like I'm in flight. This pregnancy is very different from the first. When I wore Sasha, I toured for a long time and experienced all the pros and cons of being pregnant. I was very worried about any issue, constantly fiddling with my attending physician: “Do I need to buy an oxygen canister to breathe fresh air? and so on. Now I have only pluses, everything goes easily, without anxiety.

In general, a solid idyll!

It is such a happiness to see a person nearby who is stronger than you, but who at the same time does not crush with his power, but commands you. internal forces. Every time I thank God that they still give me this feeling of unconscious, causeless happiness.

Are you going to get married?

I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, I don’t have a sense of stability, but perhaps I don’t need it now. But this has a positive effect on creativity: I recently wrote a new song - “Wedding”. True, under the impression of other people's weddings, thoughts about your own have nothing to do with it. Yes, these thoughts and no: thinking about what will happen tomorrow is always scary. As it will be, so it will be. Life will put everything in its place, regardless of us. Much more important to me is what is happening now.

This is probably the right position. And how did your daughter perceive your chosen one?

Alert. Sasha suddenly said to me: "I know why you fell in love." Why, I ask. "Because he's handsome." But the daughter understands that under all circumstances she has a mother who loves her madly.

Are you expecting a boy or a girl?

Do not know yet. But this is not so important. When we first met, I said that I don’t want nervous shocks, I don’t want to be hurt, but it’s still inevitable when there are feelings. Yes, I said, I want to have another child, but you will definitely not be the father of the child, so don't waste your time. He still laughs, says: “Well, what? Will I be the father of your child?

That's right, never say never. Marina, is it easy to write songs in such a positive state?

I cannot boast that I am writing especially much now. Probably because of the state of inner peace. I am friends with the songwriter Sasha Shaganov, and he once told me: if creative person does not write for at least a week, then all the understatement remains inside. During this period, it is better to read more.

Now your accents have shifted, and this is understandable, but let's hope that soon you will give your fans new hits.

I think that these will be no less emotional, but completely different songs. Although I remain, in fact, the same, do not change myself. When I was pregnant with Sasha, then, as I understand now, I didn’t take care of both of us at all. She was born, and then my maternal instinct appeared. I suddenly realized: a little man lived in me, and I was jumping, jumping around the stage, tormenting her for some reason. I felt like I couldn't be a good mom. I thought that during the next pregnancy, everything will certainly be different. However, the character and love for extreme sports make themselves felt. Yesterday, for example, I drove into a ditch on a quad bike. Now all bruised.

And why did you, pregnant, sit on an ATV ?!

As my mother says, “We didn’t have a sense of self-preservation.” I can’t force myself to sit still and go to pregnancy courses.

But how did your young man let you sit on this very ATV?

Grumbled, of course, like a leaky heating pad, but he did not see it. In fact, we have a very active time. I hope that later a sense of self-preservation will definitely appear.

Maybe you just didn’t have a reason for global fear in your life?

I used to be scared. Once again, falling off your skis, you, already in flight, understand that maybe that's it, period. And here it is strange, but it is not scary. But I hope everything is fine with a sense of responsibility, I know how to stop myself, if anything. But for my daughter Sasha, the instinct of self-preservation works for two. In this regard, she educates me. She was still quite small, she was learning to walk and had already looked ten times when and where it would be better to fall. I was warned to close cupboards and remove doorknobs, because small children pull everything out and break it. Sasha, on the other hand, never opened boxes without asking: if you say that you can’t come here, she will immediately stop torn. This is such a unique child that, before taking food from the table, he will ask: “Can this be bitter?” Now she goes rollerblading and puts on a helmet, elbow pads, knee pads. I say, "What's the point? Children must fall." But she doesn't get bruises. At all! We ride together, I tell her: “Take off your helmet, don’t dishonor your mother!” And she: "Mommy, I can fall."

Your daughter already has a character - mother's, strong-willed ... How important are new impressions for you, in your current position? I mean travel, travel.

How important too! We try to travel around Russia more often. I came to the conclusion that prettier places than in our country, no. I've been to many places and realized that I feel most comfortable here. You can go to the Urals or Altai - there is crazy energy there. And we go there. I am for active rest.

Can you sleep in a tent?

It happened. Before, I didn’t really understand how to organize it all, but the main thing here is good company people with extensive travel experience who love such recreation and sports. Such a pastime quickly restores me and gives a lot of positive emotions for creativity.

Tell me, are your musicians jealous of your new life?

Of course, they, being young and ambitious musicians, are not very happy about the upcoming, albeit a short break, but I feel that they are happy for me. I remember how they met me with Sasha from the hospital, with gifts and balloons. Subsequently, they supported her very much from the first months of her life. I think that now we can do it.

Well, Marina, I want to wish you to be in such a romantic high spirits as long as possible! You certainly deserve it.

Marina Abrosimova, known as the singer MakSim, long years remains one of the most popular singers in the country. She sings in a half-childish voice about love and death, good and evil, does not participate in endless blue lights, and to concerts he carries with him a whole rock band, with which he performs "Murka". We found out if the singer remembers her difficult age and got an insider about the new album.

— Good evening, Marina. First of all, thanks for the gig. It's unusual to hear that your sound has become much more rocky, with drum solos and hard guitars.

- We will soon present to the audience new album and quite new program. With the album "My Paradise" I came already with a rock line-up, with musicians who have always played hard underground or even metal. This is exactly what I wanted the songs to sound differently at the concert. With my "wee-wee-wee", songs about love, but that the music was hard, clear. And now we want to invite to new performances, firstly, an acapella band, and, secondly, a band that plays in the style of soul and rhythm and blues.

First of all, congratulations on the release of the album "Single". Tell me, those extraneous colloquial remarks that got into the track "Single", did they get there deliberately?

Yes, it was deliberately inserted. Although recorded really "not for print." We often record our rehearsals, and they usually take place in a fairly friendly, imposing atmosphere. Musician friends come in, even those who do not take part in the recording, drink tea ... It is important for us to have their presence so that they listen from the outside as we play ... And it seemed to us that suddenly this atmosphere would be of interest to those who are curious about how our songs are born how we prepare for meetings with listeners.

But you know, this track has already given birth to a wave of criticism on the Internet. You are condemned for obscene language, which you, however, lightly veil: “Go to pi ... y.”

Still, I didn’t say anything swearing, in my opinion (laughs).

Yes, it was said as if in a pillow, but the people immediately deciphered it. The girls write: MakSim no longer exists for me, I thought she was like that, but she is like that ...

Why hide, it happens, I swear at the time creative process. In general, I am an idealist-maximalist, and if something doesn’t converge for a long, long time, then I can quarrel a lot. But you can't judge me directly by the tracks. Many, after listening to the song “Single”, wrote: “Ah, MakSim, does it mean he smokes? Oh, she's so hot!" So: if tomorrow I write a song about space, do you think I've been there?

Are you a domineering person or just a sharp one? Can you give in to someone, obey?

Submit - maybe not quite about me, rather obey. I consider people I respect to be professionals. I even take an example from them, it pleases me. I try to take a sensible approach to what I do, I understand: this is by no means the crown of my work, I want to continue to grow as a professional, and there is someone to learn from.

After the speech, MakSim answered questions from local media reporters at a press conference.

Maksim, this is your first time in Syktyvkar, what do you remember?

So far only concerts. But I think now we will meet someone in the city and have fun. We will have a hearty meal and walk around the city. Moreover, it is warmer here than in Moscow. North is now there!

In connection with what your concerts in the republic were cancelled?

They explained to me that those people who brought the equipment here were afraid of 40-degree frosts. Like, the equipment will fail. But it never happened for my reason.

How do you like the local audience?

You have seen everything yourself! Heartwarming, amazing people. It's great that the parents brought the children. I myself have been a mother for almost a year. It is important when you understand your child, and he understands you. I am for common interests.

What gifts were given to you at the concert?

Basically, these are handmade products. It seems that they depict the symbols of your city. This is very original, you won't find anything like it in Moscow. By the way, recently they gave me diapers, and another time they put a jar of jam on the stage.

A year ago, when the singer MakSim was just about to buy her first apartment of her own, she promised that her apartments would be very compact. This year she managed to give the first solo concert in the prestigious Olimpiysky, receive many awards and become even stronger on the top of the Russian musical Olympus. It would seem that it was possible to reconsider the concept of minimalism by buying housing that is more befitting of the status. But MakSim was true to herself.

“I bought an apartment in a huge pompous new building, which looks more like not a city building, but a real royal palace. And when people look at him, they do not doubt that there can only be immense mansions inside, - the singer chuckled. - Actually, it is. All apartments, except for mine, are "family estates" with marble columns and other frills. And I chose the smallest one and I am incredibly happy about it. There is only a dining room, a living room and a bedroom - everything is more than modest in size, but this is exactly how I imagined my home.

MakSim loves children very much and does not refuse to be photographed with them.

– For me, the outgoing year is just a fairy tale. I became a mother - and this is the main thing! No awards - even if there are a million of them! - do not please me like a daughter.

I am so pleased that the girls at concerts give me toys "for Sashenka." We already have a whole toy store! When my daughter grows up a little, we will go together to some orphanage and give our trophies to the kids. I want her to understand: if you have something in excess, you definitely need to share it with those who are less fortunate.

By the way, in Ufa, fans gave me a wonderful doll - my copy in a dress that brought me good luck when I just started performing. The girls admitted that they sewed an outfit all night, and even made a tattoo on the doll’s arm - it turned out very similar! I'm touched. Daughter also liked the gift of ufimok. Here we will not part with him for anything!

- Do you like it better when you are addressed by a pseudonym, or by your real name?

“I enjoy both. Because my parents naturally call me Marina, it would be strange if they called me "Maxim". I have an older brother - Maxim.

- Oh, I didn’t hand over the flowers!

- It's OK. Let's go now!

— I give! It is for you!

- Thanks a lot!

- Thank you for the concert.

- I don't really like jazz, I don't understand rock at all, I'm more inclined towards your style - that is, to pop music. But to say that I am a great connoisseur of MakSim's work - honestly - I can not. Of course, I hear your songs, because they have been heard everywhere and from everywhere for several years now.

I anticipate your first question. Why Maxim?

— Is that what your friends called you in your native Kazan?

- Called from childhood. Brother - Max, me - Maxim.

- Do you have many friends?

- Only 5 people I can call my friends, by the way, only one of them is a woman. After one difficult period, I began to carefully choose the circle of communication.

- All your friends from your hometown?

— Yes, I met them in Kazan. But I also found many close people in Moscow. They scared me that Moscow is a very dangerous city, and they would certainly deceive me. And on the contrary, I met even more good people than in the same Kazan. I'm sure I'm lucky.

Are there any friends among famous people?

- Friends - I would not say, just a warm relationship. But not with those who are in the frame, but with the musicians.

Singer Maxim in an interview says:
What is the expression of Love for Life, the advice of the singer Maxim.
What makes up success?
What are the main qualities or feelings that a woman should acquire in order to be ready for the birth of a child?
What type of vacation does MakSim prefer? The importance of being alone with your thoughts.
How can I get into the MakSim School of Arts and what results do students achieve?

Find yourself!
Unleash Your Creative Potential!
School of Arts MakSim

Visiting Women's Time magazine MakSim (Marina Maksimova) - Russian singer, songwriter, music producer and the ideological inspirer and director of the School of the Arts.
The MakSim School of the Arts began its activities in September 2015 - this is a unique institution for children and adults, accessible to everyone who strives to unleash their creative potential. MakSim gladly transmitsaccumulated experience to their students, helping to realize their cherished dreams. The School of Arts is focused on training true professionals in their field, all the skills that students of the school receive in the future will allow each graduate to decide on the choice of profession, further direction in life and acquire connections in the music field.

MakSim an adorable mother of two beautiful daughters. In an interview, MakSim will share with us his love for life, his advice on relationships between parents and children, and also talk about the importance of creativity in life and the disclosure of one’s creativity.

Maria Prokopchenko: The topic of this issue is “Love for Life”, therefore, first of all, I would like to ask: how is love for life expressed for you, how does it manifest itself and what can you advise people who want to find a creative flow in themselves, but do not know where to begin. Can a person start with any creative activity, without even realizing whether he has chosen the right direction, and then suddenly understand where he should move?

Singer Maxim: My love for life is expressed in the sun, in children and in the fact that we are in this world.

The hardest part is always getting started. It all depends on what kind of creativity we are talking about: if it is, say, poetry, then there is nothing left but to just sit down and write something, and then read it to as many people as possible, not necessarily telling who the author of the work is.

It is better, of course, if a person starts with creative activity from childhood. No wonder parents send their children to all sorts of creative circles. Just the same to unleash the creative potential in the child.

It also happens that a person, already in old age, decides that he wants, for example, to paint pictures, and not to do business - this is his choice, and in this case he can already help himself with such a decision. At least it's never too late to get creative.

Maria Prokopchenko: What are the most milestones on the way to becoming an artist? Tell us from your own experience about how you came to this.

In general, I always say that success is made up of little things. If this or that event had not happened, then it would be unlikely that we would be talking with you now, and everything could have turned out differently. Therefore, each stage is important and must be passed.

As for me, the fact is that I never dreamed of being an artist. It seemed to me that writing songs is a very natural process, and I did not understand why others do not write. Fate brought me to this and put me in the right place - it was predetermined, no matter how I aspired to some other peaks. The scene has always accompanied me throughout my life, it has not gone anywhere, and for me it has always been very natural.

DATA
Success came to MakSim with the release of the album "Difficult Age" in 2006, which sold over 1.5 million copies, in 2007 MakSim became the most commercially successful singer in Russia. At the Russian Music Awards ceremony of the MTV channel and the Muz-TV Prize, MakSim won twice in the nomination " Best Female Artist". MakSim is the owner of 13 Golden Gramophone statuettes. The second album of the singer "My Paradise" sold over 1.3 million copies. MakSim is the only singer whose 7 singles consistently took first place in the general radio chart of the CIS countries.

Maria: You are a wonderful mother of two daughters, tell us from your own experience, what are the main qualities or feelings a woman should acquire in order to be ready for the birth of a child?

MakSim: I think that this is a natural, instinctive sensation that comes unconsciously, and a woman's desire to have a child arises even in a dream. And a woman can no longer think of anything else, this is her destiny from Above.

Maria: Was there an event in your life that radically changed it, gave it a special meaning - an event thanks to which you realized "I do not live in vain"?

MakSim: Such events happen to me very often, because the course of life runs ahead of me, and I generally like to go with the flow of life.

Maria: What is the best way for you to relax? Do you like to be alone with yourself and your thoughts?

MakSim: I prefer outdoor activities. The best way getting rid of negative thoughts is a game of hide and seek with children, or running. I love holidays with children, I prefer children's discos rather than various social events.

I have never suffered from loneliness, so sometimes I want and even like to be alone, this state leads me to the right result and the right thoughts.

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Maria: We know that you opened the School of Art. What do children achieve, what results do they achieve and how does this help them not only in professional activity but also in life itself?

MakSim: Opening your own Art Schools- my old dream, to the realization of which I went for a very long time.

Absolutely all people who wish to engage in self-development and disclosure of creative potential can get into my school. My eldest student is 48 years old, the youngest is 3 years old. For each age we have our own groups, our teachers, our disciplines. Since I myself came from a poor family and money was never a priority for me, I opened the school specifically for middle-class people, I think that they have the greatest desire to learn and learn. And for those who can't afford additional education or courses, I periodically give away certificates for training at various talent competitions.

We try to take into account the interests of each student and we have an individual approach to each. My students will perform in various talent competitions, we will do reporting concerts, the school has its own recording studio and production center, where students can record a song, duets and groups will be created under the guidance of specialists, clips will be shot, albums will be created. The school will help with admission to music and acting universities.

Under New Year we made a fairy tale for parents and everyone on stage alone big playground Moscow. The fairy tale was prepared in a fast mode, and in just a few weeks we made an amazing performance where I played the role of the Snow Maiden, and together with the children we sang my song “Christmas Lullaby”.

Maria Prokopchenko: It's great when dreams come true, I'm sure that studying with you, with your light hand all students will find their way. What are your wishes for our readers?

Greet spring with a smile that the first sun will give you. All you need to do is look out the window.

Interview with Maria Prokopchenko

See video interview with Maxim

At some point, MakSim realized that she would be best able to convey her emotions and experiences in music. So she began to write poetry and compose music for them. As MakSim herself says, everything in life was easy for her. It was the same with the songs - she simply described her most vivid experiences and emotions, and they turned into beautiful poems.

- Marina, how do you "feel" the music? Does it depend on your mood?

As a rule, music depends on my mood, and sometimes vice versa, music sets the tone for my mood. In my new album "Good" you can immediately "catch" the state in which I was when I wrote it. Therefore, this album turned out to be the most emotional, I often say that this is “an intimate reflection of me”. In my personal life I am enough hidden person, I think that it is called “personal” for a reason. But in music I sometimes express what I cannot say in words.

- How did your relationship with music and stage begin? Why not painting, for example?

As a child, I did not plan to be an artist. I wanted to be, for example, a firefighter who saves dogs and cats, and even wanted to be a dolphin! (laughs).

My mother, so that I would not “stagger around” doing nothing, enrolled me in various creative circles. School of Music instilled in me a love for working on myself, efficiency, perhaps even stability. And then everything went by itself. I think that the key to my success depends on the love of music, luck and my listeners. By the way, I often talk about them in interviews as a source of pride - I think that I have the most intelligent and understanding fans, and even criticism from them sounds more like good advice than a reproach. Many of them have been with me for many years, they are family friends, come to my concerts with their children, sometimes even coming to another city. They are very fond of making various surprises for me, organizing flash mobs, pleasantly surprising me with gifts made by with my own hands, I often get painted portraits, and this is worth a lot.

- Do you write words and music for your songs yourself?

For the most part yes. But always glad good cooperation. It's interesting when a musician has a completely different vision of music, which is radically different from mine. Great songs are born from such cooperation.

- Who is your ideological inspirer?

There is no one person, it is collective image. Poets inspire me Silver Age, I really love Akhmatova, Blok, at the same time I can be under a long impression from the film I watched, I even walk in silence, I don’t talk to anyone. Captures beautiful view, for example, I can be inspired by the view of the Altai Mountains.

- Tell us about those people who are "behind the scenes"? Choreographer, make-up artist, stylist, maybe an acting teacher?

For 10 years I worked with Warner Music, formerly Gala Records. At the end of the contract, I decided to go my own independent way, but I am very grateful to the entire Warner team for creative work always let me do it, and for me it is one of the most important points. This is probably why I have never worked and will not work with producers.

Now my team consists of a small number of people who are "sick" of what we do together, and the results make me very happy.

I take the stage with my musical group, with whom we have been together for many years, and went through fire and water, sometimes working out 30 concerts a month. Now, of course, I can’t afford it due to the fact that there is a responsibility to children, and I try to be an adequate mother and spend as much time with my daughters as possible.

- In what direction are you still developing?

Recently, I opened my own art school. I can’t say that for me this is a business, rather the fulfillment of an old dream that I have been striving for for many years. I think that it is necessary to pass on the accumulated musical experience to the younger generation.

The eldest daughter Sasha pushed me to create the school. Looking for the perfect creative circle we went around a lot of places, and there were always some drawbacks: the room is too uncomfortable, but I understand that the child should go to additional classes with joy, feel at home. The teachers are not qualified enough. But the main problem is a rather narrow set of disciplines. So the idea was born to create a certain ideal place with friendly, professional teachers, big amount creative disciplines, where you want to return with pleasure.

- You opened your art school in the fall, how can you get there?

Absolutely all people who wish to engage in self-development and disclosure of creative potential can get into my school. My eldest student is 48 years old, the youngest is 3 years old. For each age we have our own groups, our teachers, our disciplines. Since I myself came from a poor family and money was never my priority, I opened the school specifically for middle-class people. And for those who cannot afford additional education or courses, I periodically draw certificates for training at various talent competitions.

- Do you directly teach some subjects there or are you just a leader?

I do not have a teaching diploma, so I act as an ideological inspirer, leader, guide students, help with advice and sometimes give master classes on various topics.

- What are the prospects for young talents after graduation?

We try to take into account the interests of each student and we have an individual approach to each. Already after 4 months of work, we stage a fairy tale on the stage of one large venue, this is the New Year a charity concert, which will be attended by more than 30 students from my school.

My students will perform at various talent competitions, we will do reporting concerts, the school has its own recording studio and production center where students can record a song, duets and groups will be created under the guidance of specialists, videos will be shot, albums will be created. The school will help with admission to music and acting universities.

- How do you manage to combine such a rich concert activity with your personal life? With raising a child?

I try to manage my time effectively. I'm always with the kids at all important events, this is a priority: this year the eldest daughter went to the first grade, and the youngest celebrated a year.

After concerts in other cities, I fly home on the first flight. Of course, there is no time to walk around the city with a tour.

Will your daughter follow in her mother's footsteps?

I can only watch the growth of my daughters and guide them. And how will the personality be formed, will it be creative activity while it's hard to say. I don't think so. The eldest daughter Sasha is very serious, not like her mother. (laughs) But if they decide to connect their lives with music, then I will not mind. I don't see anything wrong with this profession.

- Our shooting took place in an unusual format, how do you feel about fast food? Or are you a supporter of a healthy diet?

On film set it smelled very delicious and the props were mercilessly eaten by me right during the shooting. (laughs) Although I don't indulge in that kind of food very often. But I never exhaust myself with diets. And in general, I like to “sharpen” the refrigerator at night.
I believe that every woman can dedicate an hour a day to herself or go in for sports, even if it is just a walk with children in the park.

- Do you like to experiment?

Yes. In music, I can call myself an experimenter. I love collaborating with artists of other genres. I have a duet with the rock band Animal Jazz, and tracks with hip-hop artists such as Basta, Legalize. I am always for interesting experiments!

- You have a tattoo on your arm, what does it mean?

I even have two. On the wrist, the phrase in Latin "The wolf changes its skin, but does not change its soul", which for me has double meaning A: People don't change, and don't be too gullible. And no matter how I was told that tattoos would interfere with me, I have never regretted that I had them.

At what age did you make it?

At the age of 13, she got a tattoo on her right shoulder with the image of a cat, however, more like a marten.

- Follow fashion trends?

Not accustomed to bother with fashion trends. In this regard, I was lucky with the work. There are almost always stylists on set who make a living from it and make their living by helping me look stylish.

- In all interviews, you indicate that you do not use perfume, what is the reason for this?

I think that the age and condition of the skin allow me to smell fresh and good soap.

I recently released the single "Good" from the new album. The listeners liked the track and got into rotation on all the top radio stations in the country. I plan to shoot a video for it soon.

Active is underway preparation for the first fairy tale from the school of arts. By the way, I will play one of the roles in the fairy tale.

And if we talk about long-term plans, then I want to open my own charitable foundation.

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The first fee of Marina Maximova was enough for a cake and four toothbrushes - for the whole family. Several years passed - and the singer MakSim got into Forbes rating as one of the most powerful women Russia.

Yard nickname of the artist in childhood - Terminator. And today this “terminator” is a concentrate of femininity: princess dresses, thin legs with high heels, cat habits and intonations.

MakSim easily quotes Yesenin, Tsvetaeva and his beloved Dovlatov. But for the majority, he remains the author of "tearful texts for teenage girls."

First higher education MakSim - public relations (PR-technologies). The second is the Faculty of Theology. Where is PR, and where is the soul, and why her whole life is a complete contradiction - we asked MakSim herself.

- This is not a contradiction! And definitely not fake. I'm not lying about all this - I'm just very different. I, like all twins, have duality. Duality... And terrible maximalism. Either the way I decided ... Or not at all.

- And this maximalism makes you adhere to such tour schedule: every day - flight and new town? Yesterday - Kazan, today - Minsk, tomorrow - St. Petersburg ...

- And you still don’t know about closed events ... (Smiles.)
I actually started adjusting my schedule when I became a mom. Now I don't have more than 12 concerts a month. On the one hand, it seems like a lot. On the other hand, it is three or four days a week. This is how I get into the mode of my children and spend most of my time with them.

And once there were 30 concerts a month. I wanted everything at once. I understood that I had been moving towards this for a long time and I have no right to refuse if people are waiting for me. As a result, both I and my entire huge team - and these are adult, hefty men - destroyed themselves. Both mentally and physically. The fatigue was unbearable.

Therefore, now - only a healthy schedule and correctly set priorities.

MakSim admits: being strong is difficult. But even more difficult, the worst thing is to become dependent on anyone.

- Can you turn on the girl at all? Well, here it is: "I'm weak and I want to be handled"?

- I'm studying! With all my might. But this is mine a big problem which is difficult to cross.

“You are also studying theology. Tell us how a PR specialist with a first diploma and an artist by vocation suddenly became interested in theology?

Well, not all of a sudden. Everyone's postpartum syndrome manifests differently. After the birth of Masha, it was like this for me: I really wanted to study. I started with history - to restore it in memory and expand it in consciousness.

This is very interesting, but, I confess, I got lost: in history Russian state, in the world - even more so. I got confused in the positions and rethinking of different authors... What can I say, even if you can't swim out of the history of painting. I have a huge book about her, and, to be honest, as soon as I finish reading it, I will start again - because it is impossible to remember all this the first time.

At some point, theology appeared - it was she who put everything on the shelves. Gave me the most important thing: an understanding of what I'm learning.

— What are you studying?

“The most important thing that theology teaches is love. Love is global, not related to the individual, to something single. Love for yourself, for the world, for nature, for life - and gratitude for the fact that it is given to you. And, you know, it turned out: there are moments when only this can calm and save.

- IN Lately Only close people help me. Even the ones I didn't really consider close. It's just that they - even knowing my busyness and the fact that in some things I was completely always a black sheep and remained alone - surrounded me unconditional love and warmth.

At a particularly difficult moment, when, on top of everything else, health problems occurred, I had terrible thoughts: “Actually, I have seen everything that a person can survive in a hundred years.” I experienced everything that I wanted to experience, I made the main choice - both external and internal. Do you know what saved? Awareness: all this must not only be experienced, but held in the hands.

- Your autobiographical book ends with a story about parents who parted "forever" 4 times, but then returned to each other again. Are you ready to step into the same river twice?

- For me most recently it was a surprise: it turns out, I can! And how - with triple zeal! (Laughs.)

I think that the book about my life can be safely renamed. Do you know what we'll call it? "Running on a rake"!