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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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" We felt like, first and foremost, we were songwriters. "

" I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years. "

" 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.' "

" Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case. "

" Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing. "

" 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. "

" I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make. "

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

" 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. "

" Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity. "

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

" We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa. "

" 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. "

" We've always believed in our music. "

" I feel like, in some level, in our biggest moments of success we were always the underdog. "

" 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. "

" The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome. "

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

" Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial. "

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" We can do things that are very, very simple to us that can have a huge impact on others. "

" 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've got angels watching out for me. "

" '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. "

" But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music. "

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

" If our kids want to do music, they are going to have to have a hard row to hoe just like any other band under the sun, and they're going to have to want it more than anyone else. "

" Texas is a pretty free state. "

" 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. "

" Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast. "

" We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label. "