It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.

I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.

The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'

Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.

We always try to encourage more songs sung by Kim, because there are always requests for it. I certainly don't want to ball hog all the singing.