If there is such a thing for Sparks as a mission statement, it's more general in that we want each new album to be musically and lyrically provocative. We want to really go at it as though this might be the first album that anyone will ever hear of Sparks.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of creativity and the provocative nature of art in music.
In this quote, Russell Mael expresses the commitment of the band Sparks to create music that is not only innovative but also challenges listeners both musically and lyrically. By treating every new album as if it were the first one, they maintain a sense of urgency and a desire to engage with their audience in a fresh and thought-provoking way.
In practice
In a music class discussing the creative process of artists.
I was just a punk kid, trying to get a sound out of a guitar that I couldn't get off the rack, so I built one myself ... I wanted a Gibson type of sound but with a Strat vibrato .. I went to town painting it and I put three pickups back in, but they don't work - only the rear one works
Through art alone are we able to emerge from ourselves, to know what another person sees of a universe which is not the same as our own and of which, without art, the landscapes would remain as unknown to us as those that may exist on the moon.
And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.
Fashion is fragile and fleeting. But it is also an indicator for the cultural and social appetites for a nation.
Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.
Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favourite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs.
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