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

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" 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.' "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I've got angels watching out for me. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There's something extraordinary about selling millions and millions of albums. "

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

" 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. "

" We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery. "

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

" We have a good time and try not to kill each other. "

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

" As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category. "

" It's really crazy to be 36 years old and to have been doing something for 25 years. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves. "

" 'MMMBop' took about a year to actually get completed. The chorus idea had really been around for a long time, and then we built the song around it. "

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

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