"He (Isaac) wrote his first song in Ecuador, on a small electric keyboard. The song was about the people on the streets; the poverty of where we were."
"That's the coolest thing - seeing people react when you play live."
"We would plug our ears and even then the shrieks would cut through. We were just trying to find a way to block out the pain."
"It's great to be good friends with your brothers. Then you've got friends for life."
"Fame? We get both sides- the 'Oh I hate you guys, you stink' side, and the 'You guys are so awesome'. The positive outweighs the negative by far."
"I think the Bee Gees stayed on top 'cause they wore such tight pants!"
"Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong."
"Before we learned our instruments, we had this thing back in Tulsa where we'd start to sing in every restaurant we'd go to hoping they'd give us free pizza or something."
"People are going to say, 'Oh, they're young kids, they don't play, they don't write, they were put together, something's screwy about that. But you just have to listen to it. The music speaks for itself."
"You can't take Zac anywhere. He'll either get lost or say something that will get you into a heap of trouble. We're always trying to talk our way out of a weird situation he created."
"Being in a band together makes it even better, because we know each other so well. It's like, you're gonna argue, then it's over, and you're still together. What are you gonna do? Walk across the room and pout?"
"I don't wear pants that tight. I wanna have kids later in life."
"There was an outdoor barbecue going on and all these industry people were there. We would just walk up to them and say 'Can we sing for you'? Some of them would push us away and say 'Sorry' and some of them listened, but just kind of blew us off"
"I might be a wild rock 'n' roller, but you wouldn't catch me peeing in public!"
"We don't, you know, ever think about it and say, 'Let's write a cool song.' You just go and do it. Anything you're thinking about, you write about."
"I often go off into my own little world. At least that's what Isaac and Zac say. There is some truth in it, though. I like to think very carefully about everything. For this I need peace and quiet so that I can really 'catch up' with myself again. But even when I can't be alone it isn't difficult for me to switch off - that's when my brothers always say I'm in my little 'Taylor World' again."
"I think someone bit me last week, I'm not sure. I know it felt like teeth and it hurt like crazy! Of course, it could have been Zac..."
"I'm Natalie Imbruglia! And I'm having an identity crisis!"
"Being in the music business can't be about the fame or the money or any of that stuff. You really have to love it."
"There is this nasty rumor that I cuss all the time, but really I don't, because that is a rule in our house and I wouldn't want to disobey my parents."
"I hate being asked why I have long hair, I mean it's just hair! It's no big deal!"
"I don't resist the girls anymore. I jump back at them and scare them. That throws them!"
"My girlfriend would have to be tender, romantic, and faithful like me."
"We hope and we pray to be able to make music for a long, long time. Being Hanson and playing our music, there's nothing like it."
"Yes, my name is Jordan, but Taylor makes my eyes bluer."
"A Porshe may be cool but what happens when your career is over and
all you have to live in is your car?"
"We were recording Snowed In at the time, and we found out that Zac died. It was kind of shocking."
"One person has the key to my heart, and until that person unlocks it, my heart is half empty."
"I wouldn't throw a TV set through a window. Water balloons and small animals, on the other hand, are fine by me!"
"It's a lot of work, and you have to be really dedicated. When you want something, it's not that easy. You have to know what you want and keep going for it."
"We just started singing and knew that's what we wanted to do."
"Part of what Hanson is, is that there's not just one guy who sings. Having three voices is what makes us Hanson."
"Fan mail is like the most insane thing!"
"If I saw a band like this, the first thing I would say is FAKE! They were put together."
"It's not like we're these child geniuses who woke up one morning suddenly able to write good songs."
"Everyone was staring at us and pointing and we felt like freaks in a zoo."
"For a while, there was the alternative thing, and it was huge. Now it's coming back to music being fun. Not corny, but enjoyable. Not down-and-out 'I hate my life'."
"Sometimes I just want someone to kiss me and hold me and tell me everything's going to be alright. But I haven't found that special person yet."
"I've often thought about how nice it would be to be in love. But I don't believe you can imagine what it's like if you haven't experienced it. Still, I think about it a lot, of course, and I try to imagine what it would be like. But no girl has made my heart beat really fast yet. I haven't even kissed a girl yet. Actually, I find the whole thing a bit embarrassing, though it's me who gets the most love letters. I read each letter very carefully."
"It is the message. Not the messenger. "
"I always want to tell people off who don't do their job right, but I never do. We're always saying we will shout at someone but we wimp out."
"You never know what you've missed until it passes you by."
"I wouldn't rule it out of the picture for me to get married some day, and have an army of kids. Just like my folks did. I'm just used to having a ton of kids around, and it's tons of fun even though sometimes it's like a zoo in our house. But I guess I enjoy a lot of confusion and chaos!"
"The worst thing we've done is spitting on people from hotel balconies. I hit someone the other day - that was pretty cool!"
"I think it's simply great how you can give free-reign to your imagination when you draw. You can turn your dreams into shapes and colors, and that's what I find interesting about drawing."
"If there's a bully and he's beating up on a really cute girl, I'm a fighter."
"People think of us as stars, but we don't think we're stars at all."
"We don't drink any pop because you know what that means...Pimples!"
"Ike is a classic big brother. While Zac and I are bumbling and stumbling, Ike knows the right way to do everything."
"If there's a girl who's a fan and she's a bit crazy, you are not going to go out with her."
"Isaac's the hopeless romantic of the group, I'm the professional and Zac's just mad."
"We get along pretty well. We're not like Oasis. We don't fight all the time."
"We're weird in a way, it's not every kid who sings with his brothers for a living."
"We're not doing this because we want girls to scream at us, but they can scream if they want!"
"We get a laugh from dropping waterbombs out of windows. It's innocent fun and we don't mean anything by it."
"I tap on everything, all the time. It annoys people."
"We watch action movies and we don't cry at Arnold Schwarzenegger!"
"There's a weird rumor that if you dropped a penny off the Empire State Building in New York, you'd kill someone. I feel really bad cause I dropped a nickel off it once."
"Zoë just walks over to the piano and starts banging on it. So, I guess she's longing to play."
"I made a rule to myself that I wouldn't date until I could drive. It's like, 'We're going on a date...my Mum'll pick you up at eight.'"
"People ask us if there's girls we write about and there's actually not. We just dream about them!"
"We wrote a lullaby for our little brother. It woke him up!"
"My mom is amazing. She can do anything and she's always totally believed in us. She's half the reason we're doing this"
"Beep! Wrong answer. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200!"
"There is a whole world of hot chicks out there!"
"Girls are very inspirational.It was meant to be this way."
"Zac looks like an angel, but that's what's so ironic. Don't let his looks fool you. You never know what he's going to pull next. His talent makes up for his mischief making however. Zac is the most fun-loving personon the planet. He could turn the world's saddest situation into a fun time."
"She likes to play with her Barbies, so I'll get Zac's Power Rangers and make the Barbies get married to them. Then she'll tell me to stop playing with her because I got her upset." (Talking about Avery)
"Most boy bands are criticized for being fake, but they're not hated. I think we're hated because people are afraid we might be real."
"Buildings burn, people die, but real love lasts forever"
"Our family's ethnic background is Danish. That explains our love for legos."
"I heard I was supposed to have made Leann Rimes pregnant. You've just gotta block out those sort of rumors."
"A lot of people don't understand Zac's jokes for some reason."
"I met this really hot girl at the Beacon Theater, I think that her name was Carly. Wow what a girl, but I never saw her again."
"Oh, God. Memories!"
"I've often thought of how nice it would be to fall in love. But I don't believe you can imagine what it's like if you haven't experienced it. Still, I think about it a lot, of course and I try to imagine what it would be like. But no girl has made my heart beat really fast yet. I haven't even kissed a girl yet. Actually I find the whole thing a bit embarassing, though it's me who gets the most love letters. I read each letter very carefully. A lot of what's in them is very interesting. Lots of girls don't just write me a letter, but they write me fantastic poems, too. To me romance is a beautiful thing to be enjoyed. Sometimes I just go away and just write a poem or even a song. Lots of people think that we only deal with situations in our songs which we've experienced ourselves.. that's not true at all. The songs I write are about my dreams and wishes too. I'm a very shy person, especially where girls are concerned. Of course I often think it would be great to have a girlfriend, but with all the pressure we've been under, and will be under from now on, I'm afraid I haven't got time for a steady girlfriend. I haven't got a clear picture of my dream girl. I don't mind a bit what she looks like, but she must be very cool and like listening to me. She has to be faithful too - that's important! But I don't want to rush things."
"Grounded? Me? Never."
"Hmm.. I've never had 10,000 screaming girls at my bedroom door. But if I did, I definitely wouldn't want to be grounded then!"
"We were yelling at the computer last night. Yeah, it was sending us messages like, 'Screw you!' We were like, 'Oh my God! It's alive! The computer's cursing at me!'"
"Oh my gosh! Jennifer Anniston just sent us a poster of herself!"
"We like going online and looking at all the Hanson sites. I think it's cool to go see different sites because that's how you see everybody else's perspective on you and on different ideas about songs and stuff like that."
"Getting your license gives you the right to pick your nose in the car."
"Sometimes I just want someone kiss me and hold me and tell me everything's going to be alright. But I haven't found that special person yet."
"You never know what you've missed until it passes you by."
"If there's a girl who's a fan and she's a bit crazy, your not gonna go out with her."
"I may look like a girl, but I don't fight like one."
"What do I look for in a girl? Two eyes, two legs and breathing!"
"No, none of us have a girlfriend. And that's the truth, honest! But that doesn't mean you don't meet people and go on dates. But no one has a steady girlfriend. As for my last date.. I'll keep that to myself."
"Sometimes opposites attract. It's probably more common than people think."
"When the time is right, the right girl will come along."
"I've never had a girlfriend, and I'm not looking for one, though I love girls."
"I'm gonna cover you up in barbecue sauce and work you like a rib!" (Taylor's pick up line.)
"We watch a lot of girls.. well you know. You know what I mean."
"If I had $20 and a bag of jellybeans with a picture of Jennifer Anniston.. that's all you need. Jellybeans and Jennifer Anniston."
"My neighbor was being picked on by this guy once and I felt bad so I stepped in and I hit this guy. It was a pretty basic punch, and it hurt my hand more than it hurt him. I feel silly saying this because it makes me sound like a big man, and I'm not."
"Yeah! We'll borrow a rocket ship, land it on the moon and have a party with Cindy Crawford and Pamela Anderson!"
"We're actually scared of Zac, now. It's like, he'll hurt us! We just go, 'Zac, please don't kill us!"
"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M NOT INTERESTED IN GIRLS?"
"Little more time alone with the menu. Me and the menu gotta get to know each other a little better."
"You can have the best time just going to a movie or a romantic dinner. If you want to do crazy stuff, you could take her skydiving. It depends on the girl."
"People are always saying to have safe sex, but there's no such thing"
"If Ike hears me say this, he's gonna kill me, but he still sleeps with a small brown teddy. Its so old, it has Zac beat by a few months"
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