There's a lot of bombast in Sparks' music.

It's a mantle we don't deserve. That's not what we're about. We do big pop songs with bombast -- and it's the bombast and…

— Def Leppard

The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“Small-minded speakers and writers hide behind humongous words.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.”

— Horace Walpole

“Small-minded speakers and writers hide behind big words.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Your average man is not intelligent enough not to fake being intelligent enough.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Intelligence is a way of thinking, not a choice of words.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We thought of a boring name, Sparks, and put a boring photo of us on the front of the second album, 'A Woofer in…

— Russell Mael

Being overtly political just seems, for us, too easy of a target to be doing. We like to channel our creativity in a way…

— Russell Mael

There are still some people - it's hard to believe - that aren't aware yet of Sparks. So we still kind of go at…

— Russell Mael

I like when somebody is able to create their own universe, have a consistency to it and not break from character - that's something…

— Russell Mael

I sing and Ron doesn't want to be the singer of the band, he's the keyboard player and predominant writer of the band. There's…

— Russell Mael

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and…

— Grace Lee Boggs