“We've always believed action speaks louder than words. I think that's ...” — Russell Mael Quote

“We've always believed action speaks louder than words. I think that's helped maintain a certain aura about Sparks. People only really know us through our music.”

“That album, 'Lil' Beethoven,' was special to us because we wanted to try to figure out a new context to place our music in, and not rely on the usual instrumentation - guitars, bass and drums - that gives rock or pop music its power, energy and excitement.”

“We wanted to do something that couldn't be pigeonholed.”

“There is this aura that the three-act play is the important one: it's the one that you do to win the Pulitzer. Some part of you falls for that, and then after a while, you don't fall for that.”

“There's nothing worse that you can do than create an aura about a company that's not substantiated by fact. It's not only ineffective but actually harmful to the company. You can create an image or whatever, but it won't stick.”

“For me, actors have to have a character, an aura, body language. They're not models. They used to call actors models. But I want them to participate in the film.”