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

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" 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. "

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" Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity. "

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" When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we added back up tapes and instruments. "

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

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

" Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial. "

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" 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. "

" Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

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

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" The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome. "

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