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A: I've done some short films, I just haven't had time in the past three or four years to do anything else.

Q: When there was that gap between your albums, was that because you loved to perform so much, or was it because of no new songs coming out?

A: We just didn't have any songs yet. We wrote a lot of music during that time but Steven takes a long time to write music and make lyrics that he's comfortable introducing to the world so...

Q: So, he's a perfectionist I take it?

A: Very much so, when it comes to lyrics it all has to count, every word has to count. If he doesn't believe in every word then the song will not be released.

Q: What do you think the band as a whole (is able) to claim as their best accomplishment?

A: I think the fact that we are still around. I mean, it's hard to survive in the music industry. People sort of bail out or go away because of disagreements and it's just incredibly hard to keep the train rolling. So many outside and internal factors that get blown out of proportion ... it really is a struggle to keep it going year after year.

Q: When you come together as a band you form a type of family and chemistry, so when someone leaves, and you bring someone new in, how does that affect you guys?

A: Yeah, I mean the chemistry is something that you can't just snap your fingers and have appear -- if you could then everyone would do it.

The initial lineup for Third Eye Blind had great chemistry and the fact of the matter is as people have left it's a struggle to find people that fit in and spark the creativity. Good bands are always a situation where the whole is greater than some of the parts and that is what chemistry is -- you can't create that.

Q: Anything you'd like to add?

A: Yeah, we are making a record right now, it's called "Ursa Major." So we are in the studio recording that and we'll be playing a bunch of songs from that tonight and it's really exciting actually putting out a record for the first time in five years.

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