- Jim James (Spin interview, May 2008)
"Everytime we put out a new record, people are like 'Expectations are high!', but Carl said it best when we finished the album: It doesn't matter what record we set out to make - this is the record we made."
In an 2008 interview Jim James pointed out that it's impossible to please everyone and that he didn't want to do the same thing over and over again, but noted that there are people who would be most happy with if the band kept remaking The Tennessee Fire (AV Club). However James concluded that the end of the day the record makes itself what it wants to be and that there's only so much the band can do to meet people’s expectations, or not meet them.
Why would you want to make the same album twice or why would you want to hear the same album twice? That's boring - I'm bored just talking about it! It's boring! You've got to change and you've got to grow and if it doesn't work then you just move onto the next thing.
- Patrick Hallahan
(November 2008)
