People often ask us if we had direct influences. Honestly, just a lot of different music - not necessarily individual people. We listen to anything from Bob Dylan to Massive Attack to Aerosmith to En Vogue. We very much enjoy all that music.
— Isaac Hanson
Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.
Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing.
We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
Hanson will be associated with 'MMMBop' and long blonde hair in the same way the Beatles are associated with mop tops and suits.
The most creative person is not the person who can come up with the best idea; it's the one who can take that group of things on the table and assemble them in the greatest multiple of unique ways.
If our kids want to do music, they are going to have to have a hard row to hoe just like any other band under the sun, and they're going to have to want it more than anyone else.
We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.
I think Hugh Laurie is awesome. You just want to loathe that guy in 'House' because he is not a friendly person, but somehow or another, he is profoundly charming.
Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.
Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial.
We have a good time and try not to kill each other.
Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.
Working with Yahoo! allows us to give our fans a chance to listen to our songs, check out the video, purchase our new album, win tickets to our show, and chat with us all in one place.
There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
Christmas albums are not something you do frequently.
One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.
Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
The artist-audience relationship is the most valuable thing, and anything you can do to fuel the long-term potential of that relationship is of value to you.
'MMMbop' ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you'll have the in the face of challenge and strife.
I feel like, in some level, in our biggest moments of success we were always the underdog.
As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make.
Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.
I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.
We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul.
Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
I've got angels watching out for me.
I'm a proud family man.
Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road.
We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.
I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.
But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.
Luckily, I'm in a band with two other guys who really pull their own weight and have the skills and abilities to compensate for my weaknesses.
'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
In some ways, Australian fans are more dedicated and more enthusiastic than some of our most loyal fans in the U.S.
The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately that it hinges heavily on your belief in the thing that you're doing and promoting and selling. It's a reflection of who you are in a very deep way.
Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
No matter what, I will always hope for that day when I look around and can say, 'Oh yeah, I wrote a song that touched me emotionally the way that a song like 'She's Got A Way,' by Billy Joel did.'
We've always believed in our music.
The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome.
I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.
We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
What we do every night is we change out the set list as much as we can to make sure that (fans can) go home and tell their friends they experienced something unique and cool.
I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.
Yes it was we, are a few years back parted from our record company and took the album that we were making with them and released it independently in the United States had a number one Independent debut in the United States.
There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album.
People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
