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Ron Mael
Profession : Musician
Birth : August 12, 1945
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We're not trying to be esoteric. There is that about what we do, but we like to be there at the table with everybody else, commercially speaking.
Ron Mael
We're not trying to fulfill what Sparks is supposed to be; it's trying to begin again each time, but obviously, there's a sensibility that we can't escape. But what we can control - the externals and also just the strength of the material - just within our own sensibility, that's something that we really try to judge pretty harshly.
Ron Mael
We pretend that, in a way, people who know Sparks don't know Sparks.
Ron Mael
We want to challenge even the people who are familiar with what we've done in the past.
Ron Mael
Every Sparks album is a new album when it's the first one you're hearing.
Ron Mael
I like Strauss's operas because it's all women's voices; I like opera that's hysterical.
Ron Mael
Our father bought us 'Hound Dog' by Elvis and 'Long Tall Sally' by Little Richard, so those were the first records we owned. I don't know what his inspiration was for doing that... They weren't the kind of records you usually bought as educational tools for your child.
Ron Mael
I wouldn't be caught dead in a disco.
Ron Mael
I never felt comfortable with long hair so it didn't make sense to be looking that way.
Ron Mael
I can't say it wasn't fun in the 70s having screaming people in the audience.
Ron Mael
Well, I haven't been a delivery boy for quite a long time.
Ron Mael
Our knowledge of Swedish culture is kind of limited. Bergman was one Swedish thing that we both knew about and were kind of passionate about.
Ron Mael
I would be happy presenting our albums as part of a joint autobiography.
Ron Mael
Our main love has always been pop music. We love the restrictions of it in a certain sense, the length and the repetitiveness. But then how much can you get away with - our intention is always to stretch ourselves.
Ron Mael
To us the music is the most important element and they lyrics are something that adds an extra element.
Ron Mael
We always start with the music even though people assume that the lyrics are the essence.
Ron Mael
What we do is pretty stylised. It hasn't got mass appeal. This, combined with the fact that we've never been over-exposed, seems to have created a certain mystery.
Ron Mael
In a personal way, we like to irritate by just staying around.
Ron Mael
There is something encouraging about the rebellious spirit of the Internet. It's like the modern equivalent of punk - anyone can make a record. But it's only the means of distribution that is different rather than the content.
Ron Mael
The impression that you give to other people in an external way changes over time so it becomes harder to convince people musically that you are relevant, but we just put on blinders and ignore all those things and do what we think is interesting.
Ron Mael
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