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" We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label. "
Isaac Hanson
Records
Independent
Label
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" I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record. "
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" We've always been proud of what we've done. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Texas is a pretty free state. "
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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.' "
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" People my age don't always know where their music comes from. "
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" One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations. "
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" Hanson will be associated with 'MMMBop' and long blonde hair in the same way the Beatles are associated with mop tops and suits. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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Go
Radio
Records
" As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make. "
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Music
Remembered
Want
" You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond. "
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Music
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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
" 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
" You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them. "
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Whole
You
Things
" 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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Back
Independent
Years
" 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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Best
Person
Group
" Most of our shows are about two and a half hours long. "
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Most
Two
Hours
" Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up. "
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Image
Show
Bad
" Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short. "
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Death
Life
Reality
" It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors. "
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You
Growing
Beer
" 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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Always
Better
" Our songs all carry the same way. "
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Songs
Way
Same
" Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it. "
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Meaning
People
" 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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" Christmas albums are not something you do frequently. "
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Albums
Christmas
" We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery. "
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Plastic Surgery
Place
Plastic