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I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.

I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.

I feel like every couple years MTV reinvents itself in some way, you know?

MTV definitely has the effect of narrowing the range of music that hits the mainstream. On the other hand, isn't that the effect of television in general?

When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything.

Well, our songwriting process is pretty collective.

Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best.

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.

It's really hard in this day and age, with radio and MTV being so consolidated, to get new music out there. I think we've become a really legitimate, viable avenue for getting new music out there.

At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.