It's great when a huge amount of money goes from a dumb corporation into the hands of an awesome band with brilliant ideas who can use it to keep being a band for a year, as opposed to a band that's already huge taking one of those things - that's more pathetic.
Alex ScallyTwitter has to be about art. It can't be about banal things. Banal things and art are two different worlds.
Alex ScallyA lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..." and that's it.
Alex ScallyThe decisions you make can be upsetting to fans. I've experienced that, as a listener, looking at artists I've admired. It's sensitive. We really consider the idea of natural growth versus unnatural leaps.
Alex ScallyHonestly, I hate Facebook - it has nothing on Myspace. I loved how weird and crappy and wild and trashy it was. Then there was the whole culture of pimping out your Myspace page. I remember spending 10 hours one day learning how to make our Myspace page look more like a message board from the mid-90s.
Alex Scally