“Over 10,000 years of human history, I suppose it's been proven that th...” — Ron Mael Quote

“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.”

“We actually were passionate about the British bands.”

“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.”

“Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.”

“I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it's more culturally associated with guys.”

“We were going for simplicity with the Minions and, frankly, I think that's a huge appeal of the characters. They're essentially pills with goggles. A child can draw them quite easily.”