--- title: "1 Tell Great Quotes By Russell Mael" description: "1 Tell Great quotes by Russell Mael. Plus more from Russell Mael and more Tell Great sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/russell-mael-5251_great_for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-t_3125325.jpg" --- > [For anyone who says 'it's lonely at the top,' lemme tell you - it's great at the top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-top-lemme-tell-you-it-s-great/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/russell-mael-5251_great_for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-t_3125325.jpg) ## More by Russell Mael > [There are all these safety nets in pop music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-are-all-these-safety-nets-in-pop-music/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [Occasionally and all-too-infrequently a song comes along that jolts you and you prick up your ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/occasionally-and-all-too-infrequently-a-song-comes-along-that-jolts/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [The unfortunate thing with COVID is that Ron's been working separately from me, but it hasn't stopped the flow of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/the-unfortunate-thing-with-covid-is-that-ron-s-been-working/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/i-sing-and-ron-doesn-t-want-to-be-the-singer-of-the-band-he-s-the/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [We loved the Beach Boys, bands like that, but our originality came out of our lack of ability as copiers. They did mostly complicated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-loved-the-beach-boys-bands-like-that-but-our-originality-came-out/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/a-lot-of-people-build-up-a-backlog-of-songs-and-you-can-kind-of-go/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/i-like-when-somebody-is-able-to-create-their-own-universe-have-a/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-are-still-some-people-it-s-hard-to-believe-that-aren-t-aware/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-was-nothing-radically-different-about-what-we-were-doing/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/having-an-image-was-really-important-to-us-and-that-was-kind-of/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/as-long-as-it-elicits-some-kind-of-thought-on-the-listener-s-part/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [Bands can get lazy after 20 albums. But that's not us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/bands-can-get-lazy-after-20-albums-but-that-s-not-us/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [We'd been approached various times during our career about a documentary, but we always hesitated to say yes, because what we do musically speaks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-d-been-approached-various-times-during-our-career-about-a/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [A lot of times people ask about Sparks songs: are they autobiographical in a way? And we don't think so much that they are;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/a-lot-of-times-people-ask-about-sparks-songs-are-they/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) > [Yeah, we've been offered lots of advice over the years about not moving on from something that is successful, but it's just in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/yeah-we-ve-been-offered-lots-of-advice-over-the-years-about-not/) [Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-great/russell-mael/#itemlist", "name": "1 Tell Great Quotes By Russell Mael", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For anyone who says 'it's lonely at the top,' lemme tell you - it's great at the top.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Russell Mael" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-top-lemme-tell-you-it-s-great/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/russell-mael-5251_great_for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-t_3125325.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/russell-mael-5251_great_for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-t_3125325.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/russell-mael-5251_great_for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-t_3125325.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For anyone who says 'it's lonely at the top,' lemme tell you - it's great at the top.” — Russell Mael", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-great/russell-mael/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-great/russell-mael/", "name": "Tell Great Quotes by Russell Mael", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-great/russell-mael/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/russell-mael-5251_great_for-anyone-who-says-it-s-lonely-at-the-t_3125325.jpg" }, "description": "1 Tell Great quotes by Russell Mael. 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