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" 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. "
Isaac Hanson
You
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Going
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" We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music. "
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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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" 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.' "
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" 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.' "
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" In a phrase: I always hope it keeps getting better. "
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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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" We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa. "
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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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" I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time. "
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" But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music. "
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" 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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World
Pick
" Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short. "
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Life
Reality
" I'm a proud family man. "
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Man
" There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio. "
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" As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category. "
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Know
Proud
Never
" A lot of potential scenarios create challenges. It's all about how you grew up, values instilled in you. "
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Up
Potential
Challenges
" You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them. "
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Whole
You
Things
" 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. "
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" There's something extraordinary about selling millions and millions of albums. "
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" 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. "
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You
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Deep
" We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul. "
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Long
Very
Said
" '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. "
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Year
Time
Been
" 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. "
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Years
" Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast. "
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Great
End
Day
" 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. "
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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. "
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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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You
Beginning
Success
" Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame. "
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Craft
Fame
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