The most creative person is not the person who can come up with the best idea; it's the one who can take that group of things on the table and assemble them in the greatest multiple of unique ways.

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.

I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.

Hanson will be associated with 'MMMBop' and long blonde hair in the same way the Beatles are associated with mop tops and suits.

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.

Every book has to start with a first chapter, and I think that 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'Mmmbop' and 'Where Is the Love' are good places to start for us. I don't think it's a bad place.

What we do every night is we change out the set list as much as we can to make sure that (fans can) go home and tell their friends they experienced something unique and cool.

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.

People often ask us if we had direct influences. Honestly, just a lot of different music - not necessarily individual people. We listen to anything from Bob Dylan to Massive Attack to Aerosmith to En Vogue. We very much enjoy all that music.

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.

I'm a proud family man.

I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.

It's hard to complain when you say, 'We're gonna go to the clip where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell are on 'Saturday Night Live' making fun of your song.'

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.

You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them.

It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.

For better or worse, we have evolved for sure, but we've also maintained a certain core about who we are, which is we were raised on late '50s and early '60s rock n' roll and R&B, and you can always hear that throughout. And that's just always been who we were. As much as we've evolved, that's stayed the same.

I'm a bit of a hothead in certain circumstances, but you've got to temper it because your fans are there, and they've paid good money to see a show.

Texas is a pretty free state.

Our songs all carry the same way.

There's something extraordinary about selling millions and millions of albums.

Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.

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

'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.

One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.

People my age don't always know where their music comes from.

Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.

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

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

Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.

Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road.

We have a good time and try not to kill each other.

We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.

Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial.

I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.

I've got angels watching out for me.

Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.

The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome.

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

I think Hugh Laurie is awesome. You just want to loathe that guy in 'House' because he is not a friendly person, but somehow or another, he is profoundly charming.

We've always believed in our music.

We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.

I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.

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.

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.

As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make.

In some ways, Australian fans are more dedicated and more enthusiastic than some of our most loyal fans in the U.S.

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

We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.