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title: "Best Russell Mael Quotes"
description: "Russell Craig Mael is an American singer who co‑founded the rock duo Sparks with his brother Ron in 1971 and is known for his high falsetto."
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# Russell Mael

(1948)   Singer

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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 · Page 2

> [When you have a lengthy career, you always want to keep trying to push yourself in ways you haven't before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/when-you-have-a-lengthy-career-you-always-want-to-keep-trying-to-push/)

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

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> [There are exceptions, obviously, but you wish there was more that made you go, 'God, I wish we'd come up with that!'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-are-exceptions-obviously-but-you-wish-there-was-more-that-made/)

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[God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/)

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> [We love working within the Sparks three-and-a-half-minute song format, but we also like the extended format of a narrative project.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-love-working-within-the-sparks-three-and-a-half-minute-song-format/)

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

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> [We can be a rock band if want to be. We can be an electronic group if we want to be. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-can-be-a-rock-band-if-want-to-be-we-can-be-an-electronic-group-if/)

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

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> [You do know about us in the type of music and the lyrics and their sensibility. Through that you do know something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/you-do-know-about-us-in-the-type-of-music-and-the-lyrics-and-their/)

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

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> [Sometimes you feel like you're working all alone out there as a band and you have no soulmates in how you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/sometimes-you-feel-like-you-re-working-all-alone-out-there-as-a-band/)

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

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> [I don't tend to look at myself through the rearview mirror where dates are concerned. I have blinders on the past and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/i-don-t-tend-to-look-at-myself-through-the-rearview-mirror-where/)

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[Concerned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concerned/)

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> [Ron doesn't write with me in mind, yet he knows that my singing will always work with whatever he chooses to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/ron-doesn-t-write-with-me-in-mind-yet-he-knows-that-my-singing-will/)

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

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> [I think we've always been a bit delusional and at the start we really did feel we were a cool, British-style band,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/i-think-we-ve-always-been-a-bit-delusional-and-at-the-start-we-really/)

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

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> [We've been working for four years on a musical called 'Annette' and we met the French director Leos Carax at the Cannes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-ve-been-working-for-four-years-on-a-musical-called-annette-and-we/)

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[Cannes film festival](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannes-film-festival/)

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> [The first scene in Annette is called 'So May We Start,' and, in our original version, it was a piece of music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/the-first-scene-in-annette-is-called-so-may-we-start-and-in-our/)

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[Idea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea/)

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> [Yeah, we've been offered lots of advice over the years about not moving on from something that is successful, but it's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/yeah-we-ve-been-offered-lots-of-advice-over-the-years-about-not/)

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[Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/)

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> [Being overtly political just seems, for us, too easy of a target to be doing. We like to channel our creativity in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/being-overtly-political-just-seems-for-us-too-easy-of-a-target-to-be/)

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[Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/)

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> [We had the project 'The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman' that we had done for the Swedish National Radio as a radio music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-had-the-project-the-seduction-of-ingmar-bergman-that-we-had-done/)

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[Drama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drama/)

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> [We don't ever consider there's any sort of limitations to how we present what we're doing. That keeps things fluid and interesting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-don-t-ever-consider-there-s-any-sort-of-limitations-to-how-we/)

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[How](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/how/)

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> [People have always commented along the way that, 'You guys are always so visual in what you do.' The songs have always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/people-have-always-commented-along-the-way-that-you-guys-are-always/)

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

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> [Our entire career has been unplanned. Things have really happened by chance, despite our best efforts to do things in a more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/our-entire-career-has-been-unplanned-things-have-really-happened-by/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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> [We loved the Beach Boys, bands like that, but our originality came out of our lack of ability as copiers. They did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-loved-the-beach-boys-bands-like-that-but-our-originality-came-out/)

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[Bands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bands/)

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> [We always say that we don't like looking back because we think it kind of paralyzes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-always-say-that-we-don-t-like-looking-back-because-we-think-it/)

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

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> [We're proud of the position we're in in pop music - we feel like we're in a unique class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-re-proud-of-the-position-we-re-in-in-pop-music-we-feel-like-we-re/)

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[Class](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/)

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> [We're quite traditional in that we prefer the idea that people can hear a song on the radio or television and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-re-quite-traditional-in-that-we-prefer-the-idea-that-people-can/)

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[Go](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/go/)

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> [When you have done something that was really well received, it's a challenge to follow it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/when-you-have-done-something-that-was-really-well-received-it-s-a/)

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[Challenge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenge/)

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> [A lot of people build up a backlog of songs and you can kind of go, 'Let's explore that song we did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/a-lot-of-people-build-up-a-backlog-of-songs-and-you-can-kind-of-go/)

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

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> [Ron's songwriting and my singing are something that can't be detached from each other. They are inseparable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/ron-s-songwriting-and-my-singing-are-something-that-can-t-be-detached/)

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[Inseparable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inseparable/)

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> [Stamina is a huge thing when having a lengthy career like we have. Maybe it comes from the same place as having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/stamina-is-a-huge-thing-when-having-a-lengthy-career-like-we-have/)

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[Athletics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athletics/)

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> [In one way, we think it's kind of an amazing achievement what we've done. At the same time, we'd like 6 million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/in-one-way-we-think-it-s-kind-of-an-amazing-achievement-what-we-ve/)

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[Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/)

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> [Well, we've made 25 albums as Sparks, so at a certain point you want to find new ways to challenge yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/well-we-ve-made-25-albums-as-sparks-so-at-a-certain-point-you-want-to/)

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

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

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> [With say The Rolling Stones you can do anything in their position so we are surprised that you always know what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/with-say-the-rolling-stones-you-can-do-anything-in-their-position-so/)

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

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> [We lived at the beach for three months every year when we were going to school. That was our whole thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-lived-at-the-beach-for-three-months-every-year-when-we-were-going/)

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[Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beach/)

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> [I'm constantly rooting for people to do something amazing, with a new angle. Something that shocks you in the way the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/i-m-constantly-rooting-for-people-to-do-something-amazing-with-a-new/)

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[Amazing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazing/)

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> [San Francisco has always been a really special city to us. Every time we go, it holds that magic for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/san-francisco-has-always-been-a-really-special-city-to-us-every-time/)

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[City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city/)

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> [Our goal is always to do something fresh within the confines of what pop music is and to keep challenging ourselves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/our-goal-is-always-to-do-something-fresh-within-the-confines-of-what/)

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

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> [We've always believed action speaks louder than words. I think that's helped maintain a certain aura about Sparks. People only really know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-ve-always-believed-action-speaks-louder-than-words-i-think-that-s/)

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[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

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> [In a way, we've been around long enough to know from earlier periods that we were on the right side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/in-a-way-we-ve-been-around-long-enough-to-know-from-earlier-periods/)

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[Earlier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earlier/)

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> [No, I did not provide the backing vocals for The Kinks's 'Waterloo Sunset' - as much as I like the record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/no-i-did-not-provide-the-backing-vocals-for-the-kinks-s-waterloo/)

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[Like](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like/)

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> [There's a daily routine and we're pretty methodical about it. We have a work ethic. Ron shows up on time and well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/there-s-a-daily-routine-and-we-re-pretty-methodical-about-it-we-have/)

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[Daily](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily/)

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> [After a few aborted attempts at movie projects, to have 'Annette' be so well received to be the opening night film at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/after-a-few-aborted-attempts-at-movie-projects-to-have-annette-be-so/)

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[Cannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cannes/)

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> [We think that we've gotten better over time editing ourselves, and when something doesn't feel right you kind of go, 'Let's put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-think-that-we-ve-gotten-better-over-time-editing-ourselves-and/)

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[Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/)

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> [We had played places that were really cool that are less on the map, like the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. We played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-had-played-places-that-were-really-cool-that-are-less-on-the-map/)

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[Civic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civic/)

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> [We've always believed in investing in ourselves, so we work incredibly hard to ensure that our 'portfolio' and worth is connected to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-mael/we-ve-always-believed-in-investing-in-ourselves-so-we-work-incredibly/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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## Russell Mael by topic

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