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" I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time. "

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" 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. "

" There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album. "

" There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio. "

" Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges. "

" Christmas albums are not something you do frequently. "

" There's something extraordinary about selling millions and millions of albums. "

" Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We pushed our first record, 'Boomerang,' to different labels, but it was hard for them to see though the 'white guys singing R&B' thing. "

" I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s. "

" Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around. "

" The only way that you can ever continue to have a career and have success and have hits is if you are honest to yourself in the same way that you were in the beginning. "

" There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5. "

" Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast. "

" 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. "

" As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category. "

" People my age don't always know where their music comes from. "

" Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson. "

" A lot of potential scenarios create challenges. It's all about how you grew up, values instilled in you. "

" We're just going to be ourselves, and we're just going to cross our fingers and hope that people like it. Because that's all you can do. "

" Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher. "

" For better or worse, we have evolved for sure, but we've also maintained a certain core about who we are, which is we were raised on late '50s and early '60s rock n' roll and R&B, and you can always hear that throughout. And that's just always been who we were. As much as we've evolved, that's stayed the same. "

" We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label. "

" Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case. "

" Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us. "

" My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age. "

" What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band. "

" Every book has to start with a first chapter, and I think that 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'Mmmbop' and 'Where Is the Love' are good places to start for us. I don't think it's a bad place. "