English Quote by Russell Mael Download Open image “We're seen as more part of an English scene.” — Russell Mael ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare English More Part Scene Seen
London scene consists of mostly foreigners. We see ourselves as British in many ways, but not English. — Hussein Chalayan Copy Share Image
There is a future for English films. Don't we all talk, breathe, and think in English? If we can talk and think in English,… — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors. — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them. — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out a programme… — Larry Trask Copy Share Image
We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
People constantly express surprise that Americans are so hot for Shakespeare. But Britain's culture is American culture, too. — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the… — Tadashi Yanai Copy Share Image
Occasionally and all-too-infrequently a song comes along that jolts you and you prick up your ears. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
The unfortunate thing with COVID is that Ron's been working separately from me, but it hasn't stopped the flow of things. — Russell Mael 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 band. There's… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
We loved the Beach Boys, bands like that, but our originality came out of our lack of ability as copiers. They did mostly complicated,… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
A lot of people build up a backlog of songs and you can kind of go, 'Let's explore that song we did six years… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I like when somebody is able to create their own universe, have a consistency to it and not break from character - that's something… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
There are still some people - it's hard to believe - that aren't aware yet of Sparks. So we still kind of go at… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
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 to come… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Having an image was really important to us and that was kind of contrary to the bands in L.A. that we had grown up… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
As long as it elicits some kind of thought on the listener's part, that's good. If no one's paying attention to the lyrics it's… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
English teachers tend to put more thought in the books than the author did — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“evening, they began to think that although he could never hope to be an Englishman, still it would be hard to visit that affliction… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much. — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While we like to think queueing is unique to British culture, the truth is that we are mere amateurs. The old Soviet Union turned… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English. — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Oh, I think country has changed tremendously. I think country has totally changed. Country music when I was a kid was Hank Williams. If… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
