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" 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. "

Isaac Hanson

Manager

Artist

Will

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

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Parents

" 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. "

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

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

Isaac Hanson

Potential

Challenges

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

" I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and I go, 'You know what, dude, no matter whether you're in a band just surviving or you're in a bus playing stadiums, one way or another, you're still among the rare breed of people that are actually getting paid to do it.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

Isaac Hanson

Done

Who

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

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

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

" We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music. "

Isaac Hanson

Soul

Soul Music

" We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa. "

" We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension. "

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

Isaac Hanson

Radio

Records

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" In some ways, Australian fans are more dedicated and more enthusiastic than some of our most loyal fans in the U.S. "

Isaac Hanson

Enthusiastic

Most

" 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. "

" Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short. "

" I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make. "