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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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome.
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I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents.
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The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.
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Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing.
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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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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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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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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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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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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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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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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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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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We've always believed in our music.
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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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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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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.