Isaac Hanson Quotes
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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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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I'm a proud family man.
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The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome.
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Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing.
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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 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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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 just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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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.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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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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Most of our shows are about two and a half hours long.
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Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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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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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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We've always believed in our 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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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.
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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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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.