Top 109 Quotes & Sayings by Isaac Hanson
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Isaac Hanson.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.
I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.
Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road.
There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.
Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial.
There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album.
Hanson will be associated with 'MMMBop' and long blonde hair in the same way the Beatles are associated with mop tops and suits.
As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make.
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.
I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
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.
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.
In some ways, Australian fans are more dedicated and more enthusiastic than some of our most loyal fans in the U.S.
Christmas albums are not something you do frequently.
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.
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.
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.
But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.
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.
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.
We've always believed in our music.
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.
Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.
I've got angels watching out for me.
Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.
People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
It's really crazy to be 36 years old and to have been doing something for 25 years.
I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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.
Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.
Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.
I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.
Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul.
We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.
Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.
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 plays music that is very much a part of everything.
I'm a proud family man.
The crowds in Milwaukee are awesome.
We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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.
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.
'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.
'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.
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.'
We have a good time and try not to kill each other.
We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.
Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing.
Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.
Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up.
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.
Yes it was we, are a few years back parted from our record company and took the album that we were making with them and released it independently in the United States had a number one Independent debut in the United States.
I feel like, in some level, in our biggest moments of success we were always the underdog.
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