Music files too BIG! Pleas Help!

I'm probably just new with this iTunes program but for some reason my music files are insanly big. Files that should be 2 to 3MB are 20 to 30MB. I have checked the sample rate under importing preferences and it says automatic. What am I doing wrong and can I change the ones that are too big without reimporting.

Thank you for your suggestion however since I upgraded to the new iTunes software nothing has seemed to work correctly. I am currently using the software that came with my iPod which is the version previous but with all the problems from the new software. as you suggested I tried to change the format of my audio files. The formats the worked were MP3, WAV, and apple lossless. When I try it with the AIFF I get and Unknown error (-213) message. Unfortunatly thats the only format which will make my files smaller, the others only made them larger, 40MB for one song ouch. I believe my problem is stemming from the software upgrade, before I upgraded I could import music and the files were the correct size, I could import photos with out them coming up white blank pages on my iPod. Needless to say I am pretty frustrated. Also my iTunes won't even play the AIFF files any more (since I upgraded). I guess the thing that would help me the most is how could I restore my Itunes to the way it was before I upgraded software?
Everything worked "perfectly" then. I hope this gives an Idea of the problems I am having. Thank you for your time.

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