We're always just trying to keep ourselves interested enough to make music that will excite other people in the same way that… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I like music where it can be taken in at many levels, as far as the emotions behind it. Somebody like Miles… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I never felt comfortable with long hair so it didn't make sense to be looking that way. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
Songs like 'So May We Start' and 'We Love Each Other So Much' aren't song-songs; they're more like rhythmic speaking, not in… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I wanted to be like Pete Townshend or something but there's no way as a keyboard player that you can be flashy,… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
There's definitely a Leos Carax universe that he has created in his films; we've done something similar with our music and lyrics.… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
To be sitting on a movie set in Brussels and watching Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard singing something you wrote - it's… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
Even when something's funny, it has to be well-written, too. So we are really aware of the craft part of pop music.… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I have a huge interest in sports, and I study the way athletes operate throughout their careers. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
The impression that you give to other people in an external way changes over time so it becomes harder to convince people… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
When things come back and we're in some small way cast as the originators of a movement, we don't take it as… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
Even before we had a band, the merging of music and movies just seemed so perfect. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I can't say it wasn't fun in the 70s having screaming people in the audience. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
Having more people accepting what you're doing - that's the kind of limelight we really cherish. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
We just thought that bands from the U.S. in general were just really boring, and they didn't represent what we felt pop music should… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
When things are sequenced really hard, it has an effect similar to the one power chords had in the '70s. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
I'm so happy that the first time Russell and I saw 'Annette' with an audience was at the Cannes Film Festival, and even more… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
We detested folk music because it was cerebral and sedate and we had no time for that. But the Byrds were OK because they… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
Of course everybody wants to be filthy stinking rich. But we've seen the effect that having that kind of massive success has had on… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
People have told me repeatedly of how scared they were of seeing me on television. — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
We kind of have a cranky side of ourselves, so when people get upset about what we're doing, we kind of feel that we're… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
There aren't enough people fighting for being conservative with your sexual tastes. There's a little too much adventuresome stuff going on, so it's good… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
There is something encouraging about the rebellious spirit of the Internet. It's like the modern equivalent of punk - anyone can make a record.… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
