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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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" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" I think there are a variety of misconceptions that go along with what 'MMMBop' and our band has been perceived as from the beginning, but I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about playing 'MMMBop.' "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We've always believed in our music. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I think Hugh Laurie is awesome. You just want to loathe that guy in 'House' because he is not a friendly person, but somehow or another, he is profoundly charming. "

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

" 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 just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake. "

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

" I was totally offended when people said we were like *Nsync. I've got nothing against them. I know those guys. But comparing us was lame. It was apples and oranges. "

" The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome. "

" At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love. "

" 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. "