A biography for Isaac Hansonhasn’t been written yet.
“There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.”
“The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome.”
“Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them.”
“We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa.”
“There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.”
“We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.”
“Christmas albums are not something you do frequently.”
“We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.”
“'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.”
“I feel like, in some level, in our biggest moments of success we were always the underdog.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.”
“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.”
“Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.”
“I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.”