We're quite traditional in that we prefer the idea that people can hear a song on the radio or television and then… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I really take pleasure and pride in singing the way people expect me to. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We had a miniature ocean liner made out of papier-mache, and I'd burst out of it wearing a sailor suit to begin… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A lot of times people ask about Sparks songs: are they autobiographical in a way? And we don't think so much that… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A lot of people build up a backlog of songs and you can kind of go, 'Let's explore that song we did… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
In one way, we think it's kind of an amazing achievement what we've done. At the same time, we'd like 6 million… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
People have always commented along the way that, 'You guys are always so visual in what you do.' The songs have always… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
In music, there seems to be a myth that being authentic and genuine has to be confessional, and we think what Sparks… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A lot of the people who like Sparks, they feel like it's this well-kept secret that they're part of. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We always wanted to have a movie musical be made and be seen by a lot of people. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Occasionally and all-too-infrequently a song comes along that jolts you and you prick up your ears. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
The unfortunate thing with COVID is that Ron's been working separately from me, but it hasn't stopped the flow of things. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We loved the Beach Boys, bands like that, but our originality came out of our lack of ability as copiers. They did mostly complicated,… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A lot of people build up a backlog of songs and you can kind of go, 'Let's explore that song we did six years… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There was nothing radically different about what we were doing musically or image-wise, and yet in L.A. there'd been total indifference, so to come… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Having an image was really important to us and that was kind of contrary to the bands in L.A. that we had grown up… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
As long as it elicits some kind of thought on the listener's part, that's good. If no one's paying attention to the lyrics it's… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
