Russell Mael

People have always commented along the way that, 'You guys are always so visual in what you do.' The songs have always…

— Russell Mael

I don't tend to look at myself through the rearview mirror where dates are concerned. I have blinders on the past and…

— Russell Mael

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

— Russell Mael

With 'A Steady Drip, Drip Drip,' some of the subjects that are written about on the album have come to be even…

— Russell Mael

The 'Annette' movie is something really unique and special for us, as we were able to create not only the story for…

— Russell Mael

San Francisco has always been a really special city to us. Every time we go, it holds that magic for us.

— Russell Mael

You can do things that are darker and use non-traditional themes within a movie musical context. The music can be presented in…

— Russell Mael

We've always believed in investing in ourselves, so we work incredibly hard to ensure that our 'portfolio' and worth is connected to…

— Russell Mael

We're seen as more part of an English scene.

— Russell Mael

We're more L.A. than those guys sitting on their porches in Laurel Canyon.

— Russell Mael

You can retire from your career after having a Beatle portray you in any sort of way, let alone in a music…

— Russell Mael

Ron's songwriting and my singing are something that can't be detached from each other. They are inseparable.

— Russell Mael

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

— Russell Mael

We can be a rock band if want to be. We can be an electronic group if we want to be. We…

— Russell Mael

When you have done something that was really well received, it's a challenge to follow it up.

— Russell Mael

When you're a fan of somebody you want to be a fan in all sorts of ways.

— Russell Mael

There's no question that radio and especially television commercials were a big influence on our style. We love the idea of having…

— Russell Mael

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

That album, 'Lil' Beethoven,' was special to us because we wanted to try to figure out a new context to place our…

— Russell Mael

In a way, we've been around long enough to know from earlier periods that we were on the right side.

— Russell Mael

We lived at the beach for three months every year when we were going to school. That was our whole thing.

— Russell Mael

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

We're never lumped in as being an L.A. band in any kind of context.

— Russell Mael

With say The Rolling Stones you can do anything in their position so we are surprised that you always know what to…

— Russell Mael

We've been working for four years on a musical called 'Annette' and we met the French director Leos Carax at the Cannes…

— Russell Mael