Hanson Quotes
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We've always believed in our music.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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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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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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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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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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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably – small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.
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We felt like, first and foremost, we were songwriters.
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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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Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.
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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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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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One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.
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Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
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There needs to be leadership in the heartland of America.
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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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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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When you become a band and you've got people who want to be a part of your experience or want to get close to you for what you are, not who you are, you have that challenge of trying to find out who's genuine.
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We can do things that are very, very simple to us that can have a huge impact on others.
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As I discovered music, especially Rock 'n Roll, new territory was opened to me. I was lured by the unbridled rhythm of this art form. It was like gasoline on the fire of my youthful spirit.
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People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
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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.
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Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.