Maroon 5 seems out to prove that the band is not just a flash in the pan. In a recent feature on Billboard magazine, frontman Adam Levine and his bandmates at Maroon 5 talks about the longevity that the nine-year old (and counting) band enjoys.

"You get to a point where you can outlive your criticism, and I think we're starting to turn that corner now," Adam Levine tells the magazine. "People are saying, 'Wow, this isn't a flash in the pan-this is a band that's been around through other bands' rising and falling.'"

Since Maroon 5 released their first album Songs about Jane (2002), the band had won six Grammy Awards. Maroon 5 had two more albums: It Won't Be Long Before Soon (2007) and Hands All Over (2010) after their debut album. The latter is set to be released later this month.

Will Maroon 5 be here for long or have they been here for long?

In 2007, California-born Adam Levine told Rollingstone that the band is reaching its peak and may release one more album before disbanding. Is Hands All Over the album that will cement the end of Maroon 5 band? It's still difficult to answer.

But Levine seems to clue in fans with his interview with Maureen Paton of Mail Online:

"Eventually I want to focus on being a completely different person because I don't know if I want to do this into my 40s and 50s and beyond, like the Rolling Stones," Levine said in 2008.

Fans and critics will have to wait and see after their latest album Hands All Over is released on September 21st.