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title: "102 Russell Mael Quotes - Famous Singer"
description: "Russell Mael quotes on pop music safety nets, band dynamics, and artistic originality."
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# Russell Mael

(1948)   Singer

 **102** quotes in **327** categories

Russell Mael talks about safety nets in pop music and the rare songs that jolt listeners, making them sit up and listen. He describes the band’s dynamic, with Ron on keyboards and writing while he sings, and says their originality came from not copying complex music. He also values creating a consistent personal universe in music and notes that many still haven’t discovered Sparks.

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Russell Mael is a singer.

## Quick Facts About Russell Mael

Born October 5, 1948

Profession Singer

## About Russell Mael

He is also praised for his wide vocal range and a flamboyant, hyperactive stage presence.

##  Quotes by Russell Mael

> [We're always working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-re-always-working/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/russell-mael-5251_always_we-re-always-working-554431_554431.jpg)

> [We were this evil thing disco.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-were-this-evil-thing-disco/)

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[Disco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/russell-mael-5251_disco_we-were-this-evil-thing-disco-2796662_2796662.jpg)

> [We had always been huge Anglophiles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-had-always-been-huge-anglophiles/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/russell-mael-5251_always_we-had-always-been-huge-anglophiles-2788_2788047.jpg)

> [We're never lumped in as being an L.A. band in any kind of context.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-re-never-lumped-in-as-being-an-l-a-band-in-any-kind-of-context/)

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[Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/russell-mael-5251_band_we-re-never-lumped-in-as-being-an-l-a-ba_1679096.jpg)

> [Rollercoaster' is probably something we should have said no to!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/rollercoaster-is-probably-something-we-should-have-said-no-to/)

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[Probably](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/probably/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/russell-mael-5251_rollercoaster_rollercoaster-is-probably-something-we-s_2104193.jpg)

> [In England in live concerts there is going lo be a big reaction to our hits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/in-england-in-live-concerts-there-is-going-lo-be-a-big-reaction-to/)

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[Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/russell-mael-5251_big_in-england-in-live-concerts-there-is-goi_3047547.jpg)

> [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/)

[Music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/russell-mael-5251_music_there-are-all-these-safety-nets-in-pop-m_24078.jpg)

> [If Andy Warhol asks if he can take your photo, you say yeah!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/if-andy-warhol-asks-if-he-can-take-your-photo-you-say-yeah/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Andy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/andy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/russell-mael-5251_andy_if-andy-warhol-asks-if-he-can-take-your_2547272.jpg)

> [We're more L.A. than those guys sitting on their porches in Laurel Canyon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-re-more-l-a-than-those-guys-sitting-on-their-porches-in-laurel/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Canyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canyon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/russell-mael-5251_canyon_we-re-more-l-a-than-those-guys-sitting-o_1163188.jpg)

> [When you're a fan of somebody you want to be a fan in all sorts of ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/when-you-re-a-fan-of-somebody-you-want-to-be-a-fan-in-all-sorts-of/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Fan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/russell-mael-5251_fan_when-you-re-a-fan-of-somebody-you-want-t_1348488.jpg)

> [There's a lot of bombast in Sparks' music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-s-a-lot-of-bombast-in-sparks-music/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Bombast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bombast/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/russell-mael-5251_bombast_there-s-a-lot-of-bombast-in-sparks-music_3034221.jpg)

> [There's just a certain sensibility to Ron's lyrics that's been consistent since day one, album one, through to the 'Hippopotamus' album. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-s-just-a-certain-sensibility-to-ron-s-lyrics-that-s-been/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/russell-mael-5251_day_there-s-just-a-certain-sensibility-to-ro_1910155.jpg)

> [We had a miniature ocean liner made out of papier-mache, and I'd burst out of it wearing a sailor suit to begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-had-a-miniature-ocean-liner-made-out-of-papier-mache-and-i-d-burst/)

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[Make](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/make/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/russell-mael-5251_make_we-had-a-miniature-ocean-liner-made-out_1608433.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/)

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[Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great/)

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> [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/)

[Ears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ears/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/russell-mael-5251_ears_occasionally-and-all-too-infrequently-a_41655.jpg)

> [A lot of the people who like Sparks, they feel like it's this well-kept secret that they're part of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/a-lot-of-the-people-who-like-sparks-they-feel-like-it-s-this-well/)

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[Feel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/russell-mael-5251_feel_a-lot-of-the-people-who-like-sparks-they_2916056.jpg)

> [We love popular music and there has to be a certain amount of popularity in what you do, or you're gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-love-popular-music-and-there-has-to-be-a-certain-amount-of/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/russell-mael-5251_love_we-love-popular-music-and-there-has-to-b_1816494.jpg)

> [We thought of a boring name, Sparks, and put a boring photo of us on the front of the second album, 'A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-thought-of-a-boring-name-sparks-and-put-a-boring-photo-of-us-on/)

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[Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boring/)

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> [You can retire from your career after having a Beatle portray you in any sort of way, let alone in a music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/you-can-retire-from-your-career-after-having-a-beatle-portray-you-in/)

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[Alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alone/)

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> [We liked being able to do a movie musical that's not traditional in how a movie musical has to be. 'Annette' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-liked-being-able-to-do-a-movie-musical-that-s-not-traditional-in/)

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[Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/russell-mael-5251_being_we-liked-being-able-to-do-a-movie-musica_2159021.jpg)

> [We've never tried to make timeless music like, say, Bruce Springsteen. But we've come to realize that maybe we've had more of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-ve-never-tried-to-make-timeless-music-like-say-bruce-springsteen/)

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[Bruce springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bruce-springsteen/)

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> [Having an image was really important to us and that was kind of contrary to the bands in L.A. that we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/having-an-image-was-really-important-to-us-and-that-was-kind-of/)

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[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/image/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/russell-mael-5251_image_having-an-image-was-really-important-to_129159.jpg)

> [A lot of times people ask about Sparks songs: are they autobiographical in a way? And we don't think so much that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/a-lot-of-times-people-ask-about-sparks-songs-are-they/)

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[Case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/case/)

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> [Annette' came out I think the same week as 'Jungle Cruise,' and it's kind of almost working in two different mediums. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/annette-came-out-i-think-the-same-week-as-jungle-cruise-and-it-s-kind/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Entertainment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/entertainment/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/russell-mael-5251_entertainment_annette-came-out-i-think-the-same-week-a_1799661.jpg)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-was-nothing-radically-different-about-what-we-were-doing/)

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[Indifference](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indifference/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/russell-mael-5251_indifference_there-was-nothing-radically-different-ab_117770.jpg)

> [There are still some people - it's hard to believe - that aren't aware yet of Sparks. So we still kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-are-still-some-people-it-s-hard-to-believe-that-aren-t-aware/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/russell-mael-5251_believe_there-are-still-some-people-it-s-hard-to_112608.jpg)

> [You can do things that are darker and use non-traditional themes within a movie musical context. The music can be presented in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/you-can-do-things-that-are-darker-and-use-non-traditional-themes/)

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[Context](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/context/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/russell-mael-5251_context_you-can-do-things-that-are-darker-and-us_1027626.jpg)

> [We feel that the only way to move forward, the only way to have anything happen or have an audience be aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-feel-that-the-only-way-to-move-forward-the-only-way-to-have/)

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[Alternative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternative/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/russell-mael-5251_forward_we-feel-that-the-only-way-to-move-forwar_1822658.jpg)

> [We're seen as more part of an English scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-re-seen-as-more-part-of-an-english-scene/)

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[English](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/english/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/russell-mael-5251_english_we-re-seen-as-more-part-of-an-english-sc_1092329.jpg)

> [I don't drink or smoke and I look after myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/i-don-t-drink-or-smoke-and-i-look-after-myself/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[After](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/russell-mael-5251_after_i-don-t-drink-or-smoke-and-i-look-after_2405791.jpg)

> [I really take pleasure and pride in singing the way people expect me to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/i-really-take-pleasure-and-pride-in-singing-the-way-people-expect-me/)

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[People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/)

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> [We always wanted to have a movie musical be made and be seen by a lot of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-always-wanted-to-have-a-movie-musical-be-made-and-be-seen-by-a-lot/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/russell-mael-5251_always_we-always-wanted-to-have-a-movie-musical_2737182.jpg)

> [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/)

[Albums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albums/)

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> [We wanted to do something that couldn't be pigeonholed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-wanted-to-do-something-that-couldn-t-be-pigeonholed/)

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[Pigeonholed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pigeonholed/)

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> [Well, it was a dream of ours to come to the U.K. in the 70s and be given a record deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/well-it-was-a-dream-of-ours-to-come-to-the-u-k-in-the-70s-and-be/)

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[Come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/russell-mael-5251_come_well-it-was-a-dream-of-ours-to-come-to-t_3071093.jpg)

> [For all artists... you want to be loved and adored by as many people as you can. But the moral we've learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/for-all-artists-you-want-to-be-loved-and-adored-by-as-many-people-as/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/russell-mael-5251_art_for-all-artists-you-want-to-be-loved-and_2862306.jpg)

> [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/)

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[COVID](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/covid/)

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> [We always say that we try not to look back when we're starting on a new project, so I think things like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-always-say-that-we-try-not-to-look-back-when-we-re-starting-on-a/)

[Russell Mael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-mael/)

[Look](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look/)

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> [There's still substance and depth, but we a have a different approach to what we think that lyrics to pop music can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-s-still-substance-and-depth-but-we-a-have-a-different-approach/)

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[Depth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/russell-mael-5251_depth_there-s-still-substance-and-depth-but-we_1910982.jpg)

> [The 'Annette' movie is something really unique and special for us, as we were able to create not only the story for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/the-annette-movie-is-something-really-unique-and-special-for-us-as-we/)

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[Create](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/create/)

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## Russell Mael by topic

[Music (27)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/russell-mael/) [Song (26)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/russell-mael/) [Way (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/russell-mael/) [Us (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/us/russell-mael/) [Time (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/russell-mael/) [More (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/more/russell-mael/) [Sparks (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sparks/russell-mael/) [Something (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/something/russell-mael/) [Pop music (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pop-music/russell-mael/) [People (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/russell-mael/) [Always (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/russell-mael/)

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