ABC/Randy HolmesMore than 15 years after their breakthrough album Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 keep racking up the hits, and are arguably more popular today than they were then. But frontman Adam Levine says even he’s not sure quite where the band fits in on today’s current music scene.
“I don’t even know what the f*** Maroon 5 are anymore, we occupy a weird space,” he tells the British paper The Independent. “It’s really interesting, we’ve been around forever, been criticized by everybody. But I think after a certain point, if you’re playing the game and have your eye on the ball, you become less concerned about what people think and just do what you feel is right for the band.”
And despite that lack of critical acclaim, Adam says, “I wouldn’t have it any other way. I feel like the only way to combat the hate is sticking around for so long is that people just get used to you.”
Adam admits, though, that if he hadn’t spent the last seven years on The Voice, he isn’t sure if Maroon 5 would still be around.
“It’s good to have distractions along the way. I think if we’d been touring in that time, or making more albums, we wouldn’t have lasted this long,” he says. “Strangely enough, doing that television show…somehow managed to enhance our credibility.”
Luckily for fans, Adam, who’s 39, says he’s no longer on board with a comment he made 10 years ago about not being in Maroon 5 when he turns 40. So when will it be time to hang it up?
“I think I have good friends, and maybe one day a really good friend of mine will one day be like, ‘You look ridiculous,'” he explains. “But that moment hasn’t come yet.”
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