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Ron Mael
Profession : Musician
Birth : August 12, 1945
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My favourite Ghibli film is maybe lesser known: the 'Tale of Princess Kaguya.' It's a different visual style, by a different director to most of the films, but it's really beautiful, and an old Japanese fable brought to life in an almost moving-watercolour kind of way.
Ron Mael
Yeah, 'Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth.' I almost hate to admit what it was originally intended to be, but it's been taken on as being an early example of a song that is championing saving the environment. The song was actually written to be, 'Watch out for mother nature; it can be very devastating.'
Ron Mael
There has been times when we've had really great commercial success in various parts of the world. And the sensibility is something that's kind of been maintained, but I'm not sure how much our musical environment has entered into it, or if we were more or less trapped into doing what we're doing by the nature of our personalities.
Ron Mael
To us, something can be uplifting even if the tone of it is not cheerful - it can be uplifting because it's just so well done.
Ron Mael
Gould recorded Bach's 'Variations' twice but the 1955 one was so fresh. He had a quirky approach to playing and he looked better than anybody: he would lean back on a tiny stool, wearing overcoats and scarves.
Ron Mael
When things are sequenced really hard, it has an effect similar to the one power chords had in the '70s.
Ron Mael
People have told me repeatedly of how scared they were of seeing me on television.
Ron Mael
The one factor that determines how people get along best is a shared sense of humor.
Ron Mael
Over 10,000 years of human history, I suppose it's been proven that there is an appeal to the idea of having a family. Just not for me.
Ron Mael
We detested folk music because it was cerebral and sedate and we had no time for that. But the Byrds were OK because they electrified it and they had English hairstyles.
Ron Mael
When we were growing up, Russell and I were into The Who, The Move, The Kinks, early Pink Floyd, really good tight pop bands.
Ron Mael
I don't know why, but I collect the hand sanitizers in every country that we visit.
Ron Mael
I like music where it can be taken in at many levels, as far as the emotions behind it. Somebody like Miles Davis - there's such a wide range of feelings within even one note. Those kinds of things really resonate for me. It's kind of inspiring in a human kind of way.
Ron Mael
We're not on a mission to uplift people, but music in general has such a profound effect on people.
Ron Mael
When I think of Venice Beach, my father's painting is what comes to mind.
Ron Mael
I wanted to be like Pete Townshend or something but there's no way as a keyboard player that you can be flashy, so I decided to go the other way.
Ron Mael
Britain's always been our home from home.
Ron Mael
If you don't like this, we don't care - I think that's the essence of what popular music should be.
Ron Mael
Being brothers is why it's worked so long. I have that security working with Russell. Working on my own, I'd be really nervous - I wouldn't be able to take it.
Ron Mael
Having more people accepting what you're doing - that's the kind of limelight we really cherish.
Ron Mael
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