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" I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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" Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like. "

" Hanson will be associated with 'MMMBop' and long blonde hair in the same way the Beatles are associated with mop tops and suits. "

" Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those. "

" 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. "

" We felt like, first and foremost, we were songwriters. "

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" Our songs all carry the same way. "

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

" But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music. "

" You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them. "

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

" We can do things that are very, very simple to us that can have a huge impact on others. "

" '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'm a proud family man. "

" There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one. "

" In a phrase: I always hope it keeps getting better. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" It's hard to complain when you say, 'We're gonna go to the clip where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell are on 'Saturday Night Live' making fun of your song.' "

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" There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry. "