You're always searching for that new thing you can impose on the givens of pop music - that's when the change becomes… — Russell Mael Change Copy Share Image
That album, 'Lil' Beethoven,' was special to us because we wanted to try to figure out a new context to place our… — Russell Mael Energy Copy Share Image
Within pop music, within three-minute songs, the exciting thing is to see how you can reshape the formula and still come up… — 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
With 'A Steady Drip, Drip Drip,' some of the subjects that are written about on the album have come to be even… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We always turned to the U.K. bands because they were bigger than life and celebrated not only a strong, vital, vibrant musical… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I don't like talking about myself; I like to let the music be the spokesperson for me. So doing a memoir and… — Russell Mael Memoir Copy Share Image
We'd been approached various times during our career about a documentary, but we always hesitated to say yes, because what we do… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I think it's one of our strengths that we can put on blinders when it comes to our history and just focus… — Russell Mael Focus 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… — 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
If there is such a thing for Sparks as a mission statement, it's more general in that we want each new album… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
When the idea of doing all of our albums in their entirety came up, we went for it because it just seemed… — Russell Mael Albums Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I like to go to the races at Hollywood Park, but I don't usually win with the horses, so afterward I go… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We feel that you kind of learn about our political views and our stance on things in a more general way by… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We had the project 'The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman' that we had done for the Swedish National Radio as a radio music… — Russell Mael Drama Copy Share Image
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,… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
In music, there seems to be a myth that being authentic and genuine has to be confessional, and we think what Sparks… — Russell Mael Dealing with people Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People have always commented along the way that, 'You guys are always so visual in what you do.' The songs have always… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We had played places that were really cool that are less on the map, like the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. We played… — Russell Mael Civic Copy Share Image
