American - Musician | November 17, 1980 -
Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.
Isaac Hanson
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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.
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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.
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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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I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
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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.'
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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.
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Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.
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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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Texas is a pretty free state.
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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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'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.
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