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" 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. "
Isaac Hanson
Pull
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Band
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" We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves. "
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" 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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" At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love. "
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" 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. "
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" Christmas albums are not something you do frequently. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it. "
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Sometimes
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" Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short. "
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" We have a good time and try not to kill each other. "
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Time
Each
" We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa. "
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Songs
Ourselves
" I'm a bit of a hothead in certain circumstances, but you've got to temper it because your fans are there, and they've paid good money to see a show. "
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You
See
Circumstances
" Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity. "
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Good
Good Manners
Manners
" There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one. "
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Almost
World
Pick
" You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them. "
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You
Things
" We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul. "
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Very
Said
" What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band. "
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Really
Band
Wanted
" 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. "
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You
Because
Going
" There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry. "
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Bands
Economics
Problem
" But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music. "
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Music Industry
Only
Music
" '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. "
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You
" I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make. "
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Doing
Love
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" 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. "
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" There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album. "
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" I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time. "
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" Hanson is not the pop band that a lot of people think we are. I think we're a lot more rooted in a lot of music history... we're songwriters, we're singers, we're players first. We're not entertainers, we're not celebrities, and frankly, we don't really want to be. "
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History
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