'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'

'MMMbop' ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you'll have the in the face of challenge and strife.

Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing.

Luckily, I'm in a band with two other guys who really pull their own weight and have the skills and abilities to compensate for my weaknesses.

The artist-audience relationship is the most valuable thing, and anything you can do to fuel the long-term potential of that relationship is of value to you.

Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.

Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.

Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.

It's really crazy to be 36 years old and to have been doing something for 25 years.

I think there are a variety of misconceptions that go along with what 'MMMBop' and our band has been perceived as from the beginning, but I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about playing 'MMMBop.'

Hanson is not the pop band that a lot of people think we are. I think we're a lot more rooted in a lot of music history... we're songwriters, we're singers, we're players first. We're not entertainers, we're not celebrities, and frankly, we don't really want to be.

I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.

There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.

You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.

What's really important is that all we ever were was a band. And all we ever wanted to be was a band.

In a phrase: I always hope it keeps getting better.

As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

We felt like, first and foremost, we were songwriters.

I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.

The only way that you can ever continue to have a career and have success and have hits is if you are honest to yourself in the same way that you were in the beginning.

At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.

There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.

Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like.

We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa.

I have a hard time with musicians who act like pricks because it just makes me mad. I just sit there and I go, 'You know what, dude, no matter whether you're in a band just surviving or you're in a bus playing stadiums, one way or another, you're still among the rare breed of people that are actually getting paid to do it.'

We've always been proud of what we've done.

Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.

Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us.

There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.

Most of our shows are about two and a half hours long.

There needs to be leadership in the heartland of America.

We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.

We're just going to be ourselves, and we're just going to cross our fingers and hope that people like it. Because that's all you can do.

True elegance for me is the manifestation of an independent mind.

Women who stay true to themselves are always more interesting and beautiful to me: women like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Anna Magnani - women who have style, chic, allure and elegance. They didn't submit to any standard of beauty - they defined it.

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

I started modeling at 28. I'm 5-feet-7 1/2, and I never went on a diet. I followed what my doctor told me: 'It's good to have a little bit of fat. Your weight is fine. Don't go any lighter.'

In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think aging is a problem. What irritates me a little is growing fatter. It irritates me that if I eat what I want to eat, it shows.

Before Darwin, our world was very religious. People saw altruism as something given by God for us to be good so that we could go to Paradise.

The reason of my life is not to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

If you look at most beauty advertisements, you would think that makeup is only for beautiful women in their early twenties.

Food is a big part of my culture, so everyone knows how to cook. When I came to America and asked a babysitter to softboil an egg for my son and she didn't know how, I was shocked.

Animation translates well to a small screen. When you look at Walt Disney or Chuck Jones - you know, Bugs Bunny - there really isn't any difference if you watch on a very big screen or a computer screen.

It's a new business for me to be a filmmaker.

There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different.

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

I loved modeling. I absolutely loved it. I was so happy to get the cover of 'Vogue' - 23 times. I keep each copy. I made more money as a model than as an actress or as a filmmaker. In monetary terms, beauty pays more than anything.

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

There are consequences with age, so you have to evolve. I've loved becoming a filmmaker. But I would love to continue modeling, and there isn't really any job for me. It's being marginalized - that's the sad part.

I always have parmigiano-reggiano, olive oil and pasta at home. When people get sick, they want chicken soup; I want spaghetti with parmesan cheese, olive oil and a bit of lemon zest. It makes me feel better every time.