Having an image was really important to us and that was kind of contrary to the bands in L.A. that we had… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Yeah, we've been offered lots of advice over the years about not moving on from something that is successful, but it's just… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We were so naive. You know, like thinking that playing one gig out in the middle of nowhere in Texas was going… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
It's a strange thing: We are an L.A.-based band and we do spend all that time in Europe and are visible over… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We thought of a boring name, Sparks, and put a boring photo of us on the front of the second album, 'A… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
San Francisco has always been a really special city to us. Every time we go, it holds that magic for us. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Being overtly political just seems, for us, too easy of a target to be doing. We like to channel our creativity in… — 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
We feel that the only way to move forward, the only way to have anything happen or have an audience be aware… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
After a few aborted attempts at movie projects, to have 'Annette' be so well received to be the opening night film at… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We've always believed action speaks louder than words. I think that's helped maintain a certain aura about Sparks. People only really know… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
You do know about us in the type of music and the lyrics and their sensibility. Through that you do know something… — 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
