Nikolay Rastorguev: interview about the family, rare photos

– Why a day off? On the 21st there will be another rehearsal, since on the 23rd and 24th we have big anniversary concerts at the Moscow Crocus City Hall, and on February 26 at the St. Petersburg Ice Palace. We need to clean up something, remember some songs that have not been played for a long time.

– Surprises are dangerous. Sometimes people may just not guess. How did they congratulate me before? There were no mobile phones, I myself ordered a telephone conversation from the hotel room and sat and waited for me to be connected to my mother or my wife. If there was no telephone, I went to the post office and called from there. By the way, the first tour in my life with VIA “Six Young” fell on my birthday. In 1978, we left the Yaroslavsky railway station for Perm by train on February 20, and the next day, on my birthday, I had to go on stage for the first time in front of the big hall as a professional artist. These were the worst hours in my life (smiles). Awful sensations, from excitement and fear, I was shaking all over, it seemed, from the hall, from the last row, you could see how I was beating!

– I will reveal a secret: “Lyube” does not have and did not have “new” programs. We have a huge number of songs that from time to time you just need to re-compose, to pull out something that has not been performed for a long time, but the audience knows and asks. When new songs appear, we include them in the program, but the concert is based on our very famous songs, hits, of which there are many, in fact, what people want to hear, for which they come to our performances.

– Now there are no such long tours as before, we called them “gypsy” when we were not at home for weeks. Now we usually leave for two or three days, with the exception of large tours. So we have time to take a break from each other and from the hustle and bustle of the tour. All these years we have had a very tight job. We never had to complain about the lack of concerts, lack of demand. I hope not. Even during the long-awaited vacation, after the first week, I am drawn to work – this is how we are arranged! And it has always been that way. Despite the fact that we are mostly already very grown guys, we feel like young guys!

– 35-40 years maximum. In energy, in spirit, in strength. Look at Lev Leshchenko, the whole country recently celebrated his 75th birthday! This is the level, how great it looks and works tightly as always! His example once again confirms that age is a very conditional concept.

– I regularly go to the fitness club. It does not take much time, maximum 1,5-2 hours. But you get a wonderful mood and you always feel in good shape. But you have to force yourself! Our body is so cunning that all the time it comes up with excuses not to walk, not to go, not to exercise, postpone until tomorrow, etc. – in other words, do nothing! This is simply called – laziness! Therefore, you need to make an effort on yourself and fight it.

– Nonsense. I, too, just so many years ago answered the question of a very famous person: “Do you play sports?” To which he said: “Absolutely everything can be found. You just need to be able to properly distribute it. ” And I’ll tell you, this is absolutely true. You need to be a little more disciplined.

– More likely no than yes. I love simple homemade food. At home, I prefer everything that our fellow citizens eat every day: some cutlets, soup, borscht, cabbage soup, potatoes, pasta, cheese, cottage cheese, salads, etc. Food that I have become accustomed to since childhood. And all diets are big business, nothing more. Today they came up with one thing, tomorrow it will turn out to be harmful, they will come up with another. And so in a circle. Therefore, you need to eat everything, but in moderation. That’s the whole diet.

– An office where I can live autonomously. I have everything I need there.

– A billiard room at home, in my opinion, is absolutely useless. Is it to play with yourself or what? And while this is an expensive space, it will need at least 17 square meters, which will then be empty for years. No, I immediately gave up on this idea. They said to me: “Everybody has it.” And I thought: what’s the point? To play billiards, you need to go to a billiard club, there is always someone to play with for your own pleasure, and eat and drink, no fuss, chat with friends. We have a beautiful house, a well-groomed plot, which Natalya looks after. She was engaged in the construction and design of the house, she invented everything herself, without involving any designers, she even negotiated with the foremen. I only showed up sometimes, looked at everything in silence and left.

– Very. And character, and gait, even voice, timbre. We are even confused over the phone.

– This is their choice. Here you cannot press, press. My task is to help, nothing more. Yes, Kolya is studying now, Pasha has his own family.

– Yes, I’m normal. The question is different – a woman was always responsible for raising children in our family. I am not at home that often. When Pasha was born, I was 20 years old – he himself was still an ignorant young man. Kolya appeared when I was already over 30. I’ll tell you, the difference is big. But be that as it may, both grew up to be wonderful guys.

– More often the stations where they talk do not sing! Sometimes music – there are many Internet services where you can find absolutely everything! For every taste! I like rock, rock and roll, pop, classical music. Everything that I liked in my youth, that has long been recognized as incorruptible and is suitable for any age. And I hardly listen to modern pop music – it is not interesting, so, at one time. As is often the case in the cinema – I came, just looked, went out and forgot. I always think that the entire film crew: actors, director, all participants in the creative process, producers – spent so much effort, money, time, and the audience came, watched and forgot. It’s a shame.

– Of course, I wanted something to stay for many years. But now the time is so impetuous, rapidly changing. There is so much “fast food” in music! So we think and feel now, and what will remain of all this later, only time will tell.

– The transience of time. For some reason, it shrinks catastrophically with age, runs with terrible force. I remember when I was a teenager, at the age of 12-14, the year was so long, especially the summer, the holidays. And now everything has shrunk to an instant. They got up from the table on New Year’s Eve and caught myself thinking: New Year is coming again soon.