Hanson Quotes
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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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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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I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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I want to be able to talk about changing the world through your actions and being a generation that is aware and a force to be reckoned with - and at the same time be dancing.
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Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.
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It's pretty much run by everybody. We're very involved in everything that goes on. We always have been.
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Hanson has rapid female fans, which I'm completely proud of, but a lot of fans are a contingent that have grown up with us really - our peers. There's younger fans. More and more guys are Hanson fans, musicians or kind of guys who were into a Beatles record.
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People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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I was totally offended when people said we were like *Nsync. I've got nothing against them. I know those guys. But comparing us was lame. It was apples and oranges.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.
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A lot of potential scenarios create challenges. It's all about how you grew up, values instilled in you.
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My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age.
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
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We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.
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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.
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I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.
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We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa.
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Our songs all carry the same way.
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Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like.
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It's really crazy to be 36 years old and to have been doing something for 25 years.
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Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.