Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.

I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.

There's a little less pressure in doing a solo tour, in some ways a simpler setup. A little bit more relaxed. But then also there's also - doing the big tours is exciting, because you get to put on the big show and everything. But I don't know if I would prefer one over the other. I guess it's no secret that I just don't like touring in general, but it's sort of the reality of the business these days.

It was a nice relief to be able to work on individual songs.

I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it.

It's hard for us to talk about how we disdain file-sharing when in fact it probably has been a great resource for us.

I don't feel like we're setting ourselves up to be exclusive. I don't want to set up an attitude where we're telling people 'You can't listen to our music if you don't have a college degree.