There are a lot of good kids out there. There are a lot of good teenagers. If you're good to them, they're good to you.

Teenagers are narcissistic. They have a deep-seated desire to be socially acceptable. There's a lot of elation when kids feel they're part of the crowd. And all this is happening anonymously, behind a screen and a keyboard. Online, they are appreciated, admired, flirted with – If your life isn't so good, somewhere online it's better.

Teenagers are narcissistic. They have a deep-seated desire to be socially acceptable. There's a lot of elation when kids feel they're part of the crowd. And all this is happening anonymously, behind a screen and a keyboard. Online, they are appreciated, admired, flirted with – If your life isn't so good, somewhere online it's better.

There are so many bands that I'm kind of aware of through media about them, and it ends up filtering my experience of the actual music.

The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork.

Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.