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" I'm a proud family man. "

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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. "

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" We've always been proud of what we've done. "

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" One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations. "

" Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame. "

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

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

" I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Texas is a pretty free state. "

" Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything. "

" When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we added back up tapes and instruments. "

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

" When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff. "

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

" You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond. "

" Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road. "

" 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.' "

" Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves. "