MUSIC UNDER MY DEVICE ARE GRAYED OUT

The music that is under the "music" category under my device for my Ipod somehow got 'grayed' out. Because of that I'm not able to sort, copy any songs into playlists, or do anything with the songs. When I go to my Library, the songs are in there and not grayed out. Some of those songs (whether they have a ! by them or not) I'm not able to copy into a playlist or under my music category. Anyone know how to fix this?

All my songs are now updated into my Library. The songs under the 'music' category under 'my device' are all grayed out; therefore unable to modify, copy, sort, etc.
Yes, because you are automatically syncing your iPod.
If you want to add/delete from the iPod, update the playlists you have chosen to sync to the iPod.
You need to *Manually manage music* if you want to be able to do anything with them on the iPod thru iTunes.

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