"If we had girlfriends,we probably wouldn�t tell anyone" - Isaac
"God knows there's a lot of really lame stuff out right now. I don't know what's gonna happen but something's gotta happen soon. I don't know if that something includes Hanson or not, but it's gotta happen."~ Taylor in Rolling Stone's April 2001 interview.
"My personal definition of a pop album is not so much how well it did as
much as how the music affects you - and also, the song themselves, because I
think there are alot of great pop albums that nobody's ever heard." ~ Isaac Best Pop Album, The List, VH1
"Seeing me, reading about me, and knowing me are three different things." -Zac That's my favorite quote from them.
"We're just three dorks from Oklahoma" - Isaac
"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person, you may be the world." ~ Taylor
"Real love is forever" - Taylor
"People throw their underwear on stage,that`s really frightening" - Isaac ~If you think that's scary, how about a 3-pack of mens' whitie-tighties flying on stage? ~sorry. evil me. I shouldn't be scaring you. *hugs* forgive me!
"We're not butt ugly. But the point is, people focus on the hair, the girlfriends, all this stupid stuff... and it's not something we care about. Ask us about writing songs, ask us about writing music..." - Zac
"It's NOT "...Hit Me Baby One More Time" - Isaac on what Pop music is so true
"To hell with the money part now for the fun part" - Taylor that's the same attitude I have with my art! :)
"All you can do is make your music the best you can." - Zac
"I'd give a girl tapes of the Weather Channel" - Zac, when asked what they would give a girl. and I'll make sure to remember to send you something for you on your birthday. j/k.
"God knows there's a lot of really lame stuff out right now. I don't know what's gonna happen but something's gotta happen soon. I don't know if that something includes Hanson or not, but it's gotta happen."~ Taylor in Rolling Stone's April interview. You don't have to tell me that, Tbone! I've known that since those fabricated idiots came up! *throws a stupid brick at Taylor* But yeah, I agree with you there.
"I think we're in a really weird place as a band because we are a band, and we always have been, but a lot of people don't realize that. I want people to hear the name Hanson and think credible, musical, creative music. That's what people should think 'cause that's what it is � it's just about the music." ~ Taylor I've seen you like artists.
"If someone is infatuated with you and only coming up to you because, 'Oh you're Hanson', obviously that's someone you're not going to have a relationship with. It would never make sense." ~Taylor TV Hits June 2000 Oh, goodness, I could never agree more there. The curse of fame.
"My personal definition of a pop album is not so much how well it did as much as how the music affects you - and also, the song themselves, because I think there are alot of great pop albums that nobody's ever heard." ~Isaac, Best Pop Album, The List, VH1 Hehe, not to be mean, but "This time around?" *hugs* sorry! I was disappointed in the sales, too.
"Growing older can be blown out of proportion. Despite the fact that we're young guys, I think we're at a point in our life where getting older doesn't make much difference. Our minds have always been in the same place where they are now, with the focus on the music and just making the best records
that we can." ~Isaac Indeed. Enjoy what you do.
"There's certain people who weren't our friends and now they're like, 'Hey, how's it goin'? I'm your best friend now!' Those aren't your good friends." ~Taylor Another curse of fame. Friendship comes with time. It doesn't come immediately. Never.
"Music is something that's inside of you that you can't deny. Being a musician and being a songwriter is something where there's a lot of love and passion and it's inevitable, it's something that I can't not do. The music also gives you an opportunity to express yourself in a lot of different ways. Sometimes it becomes self examination. Sometimes you can resolve your own problems or difficulties by writing a song. There are emotions that you might have inside of you that you're maybe not sure what to do
with. But if you put it in a song, it can help you deal with your own demons. Music has a lot of abilities to both identify and resolve your problems, it's also a love and passion that you can't live without."
~Isaac Just like me and art.
TAY: Runaway Run is a really really sad song first of all. Um, it's a song about somebody that is so in love with somebody And they've gone through this whole thing in their head And they're realizing that this other person is never going to return that, ya know, is never going to return that feeling, And they're saying I've gotta move on with my life, cause I'm gonna lose it, I'm gonna go crazy, cause they're never going to return it, And I've gotta get away from it, even though I'll never, maybe never feel the same way again.
IKE: He's telling himself the things he loves about her so much And all the things he thinks are so amazing about her, And then he says...
TAY: I'll always be there for you, but I know I've got to get away from you.
IKE: And I waited for you hoping that you'd come back to me And I waited for you" ya know "run run runaway run" And he's telling And telling himself "I've gotta just get away from this, I've gotta move on with my life because yeah.
TAY: It's never going to work out. ~Unknown chat Any more boggling, deeper into the void interpriting? Tbone, you wanna talk Warhol?
"You want to be able to sell records," Taylor says. "You want to go out and play to a lot of fans. But the natural process of writing songs and feeling good about them has to outweigh that. The character, the heart, the credibility -- those things have to be there first. But I think everybody -- the band, the label -- is looking towards the goal of having that song that makes people go out and buy your record."
"The pro is that when I'm 25, I'll be an elder in music. The con is getting looked down on because you're the young kid doing music. You don't get enough respect in some situations. You work that out by just playing music and saying, 'I don't care what these people think. If they don't like the music then I don't want to hear about it'." ~Zac I respect you, Zac. You're younger than my little brother by 5 months, but I still respect you. You rock. I love your thought process. Let me indulge in your logic a little more...
"I've wanted to do music for a very, very long time. It's not something that someone can take out of me, and tell me 'OK, you're going to perform this song, and your dance or whatever it is, and you're going to be the cute one and you're going to like the color green.' It's not like that; it's never going to be like that, because I love doing it too much. Music and performing and being a part of every single aspect of what I do is too much in me for anything like that to ever happen." ~Zac Yay! Zac has dignety! Like I didn't know that already. ~ I'd rather die than do something fabricated and like the stuff you said up there! You do the stuff becasue you love it! *hugs* My hero!
"I want to keep the education of people on who Hanson truly is close. I want them to see the real changes as time is going by." ~Taylor Um, okay, Taylor. Whatever you say.*is a tad confused*
Cute/Funny
"I want to be wearing knee pads when I meet the girl of my dreams, so when drop to my knees to propose, I don't hurt myself." - Zac aww, isn't that sweet?
"If I could vacation anywhere, hmm...I'd pick my grandma's house!" - Isaac Aw, how cute. :) Does their place have the occasional smell of boiled cabbage?
"For Ike I wish he could grow one inch so he could be six feet tall rather then 5'11. And Tay could actually get some fat on his bones" - Zac SAME HERE ZAC!
"Ike and Tay usually aren't worried about it. I'm the one who usually backs out. I may think to go on a ride, and then when I'm on top about to do it, I change my mind and shout,"Oh my God, What Am I doing?" - Zac Roller coasters are awesome. I only have two friends that like to go on those suicide rides. Dang it.
"Zac's more likely to be getting married than me and he's only 12! I wish I actually had someone who would marry me!" - Isaac Aww, Isaac, you don't know how many people admire you...
"I like Dr. Pepper and Goldfish!" -Zac Did he just say "Goldfish?!" 'Peppridge Farm'? Yummy! Those are the best! You doth rock, Zac.
"I'm not as think as you drunk I am" - Zac Really?
"Lots and lots of trees....togeather equals BIG TREES!" - Zac 10-11 year olds are so cute. :)
"How did I know my voice was changing? Well, I woke up one morning, and I sounded like Taylor, so I screamed as loud as I could...then I woke up for real." - Zac AHAHAHA! Poor Zac! What a nightmare! *hugs Zac* You'll be okay, buddy!!
"We like to throw him (Zac) off random cliffs & see how he recovers." - Taylor You're too kind to your brothers, Taylor. Too kind.
"I love my liver." - Zac and I'm sure he cares just as much about his lungs more than Taylor...
"My voice changing causes problems?? Hmm...only to a certian extent. Some of the songs are really high..it's like 'Tay you try it now!'" - Zac HAHA!
"I was going to get a car for my birthday..but when my Dad took me out for a drive and let me take over..he quickly decided that I would be getting a toy car instead of a real car. I'm not the worlds greatest driver but I'll get there." - Taylor HAHA! Aw, poor little Taylor didn't get a car for his birthday...Welcome to the real world boy! Where Mommy and Daddy won't buy you a car! (Sorry, I'm a kid whose parents won't buy me a car to teach me responsibility ~ not because I'm a danger behind wheels)
GL: In what way would you least like to go?
Zac: Falling out of a plane into salt water with a bottle of vinegar and a grater slicing me up, then landing in the water and swimming for days and being eaten by sharks-that would be pretty awful.
I love his answers in interviews.
"My favorite thing to do when I get home is mow the lawn!" ~Zac Hm, then the freaky teenies take that bag of clippings home and sell it on eBay, huh? POOR CHILD!
What on Earth have you been smoking?!/Yeah. Suuureee...
"Girls would have to be really butch if they wanted to hang out with us! I don't think many girls would want to go out with us!" - Zac Too bad you havn't met me yet...
"We like having Danish blood 'cause that's where Lego comes from!" - Taylor And you know what, Pretty boy? I'm 3rd Generation Polish in the US, and PROUD of it!
"Of course guys are different from girls, girls have boobs!" - Zac Gee, Zac, anymore *obvious* differences? I think I figured that one out when a drummer of a local band signed his name "Boobless Jason" in my signatures book.
"Yes my name is Jordan, but Taylor makes my eyes bluer!" - Taylor *rolls eyes* Oh brother...
"We created a factory where we make love! They come in small tubes." - Zac I'm sure it'd be a great seller with the teenies.
"At the moment I'm thinking sandboarding - like snowboarding but with a water-skiing rope and a four-wheel drive truck!" - Zac Or how about you go to Kitty Hawk, NC and try on their dunes with a snowboard? You can use cardboard to ride down the dunes too. It's an awesome place.
"It is time for you to wake up. You will be feeling the vibe right now. You will be slowly waking from your extreme slumber. Therefore excersising the sleep demons, and therefore coming out of your sleepy state and the you will be feeling a great rejuvenation after you have rejuvenated your body. And here we go ladies and gentlemen it is time for you to WAKE UP!!!" - Isaac Huh? Must be from a concert. I zoned out during their entire concert. That's what I get for listening to them and drawing at the same time!:)
Question: Do you guys have the same taste in girls?
"Nooooooooooo we don't like the same girls..... (then makes some weird noise)" - Zac
"Noo... Zac likes naked... uhh girls...... (puts hand up, gestures... sorry!! )" - Taylor
(everyone laughs histerically)
"Taylor please!" - Isaac
(Taylor continues but is interrupted by Ike)
"BEHAVE!" - Isaac
"Yeah, I mean ... I'd go... Wow she's cute, but he might go, no I like her over there......" - Taylor
"I know for sure, Taylor and I have different tastes in girls........... Now Zac on the other hand... I don't know about him?" - Isaac Thank God you don't have the same taste if that's what you're really like...
"It seems to be a law of nature that girls always confuse boys." - Zac And vice-versa.
"I really can't wear pants that tight.I actually want to have children later in life." - Taylor *hypocritecoughcough* dang cold.
"You go in to wake him up in the morning, and he's like, sprawled out on the bed naked. then you shake him and say his name, and he just moans and looks up at you." Taylor on waking zac up Taylor, I have a vivid imagination, thank you. I don't need that image dancing in my head.
"I'm going to cover you up in barbecue sauce and work you like a rib!" - Taylor Oh gee, I can just see that, too. *shudder* Disturbing child... If I was given that pickup line, I'd laugh and say "no."
"I started wetting the bed when I was 13, and THAT wasn't pee!" - Taylor You are just disgusting. You know that, right? *sigh* The curse of being 14 and saying that to reporters...Poor child...
Question: Taylor - did you ever consider wearing eyeliner? lol ~SUBMITTED BY tendersoul
Answer: Hmmmmm, WOW!!! very interesting!!! No but I love a little lip gloss now and then. TAYLOR:o) Taylor, if I next hear about you liking to trot around in women's underwear, I am going to be deeply disturbed...
Quotes I have made or have heard that are really cool.
"Never frown becasue you never know who's falling in love with your smile." ~?
"All of you in the cheap seats clap. The rest of you just rattle your jewelry." ~ John Lennon
"To your own self be true." ~ From Shakespere's Hamlet
"I'd never join a club that would have me as a member!" ~Groucho Marx
"Imperfection has its charm." ~ Beth (webmistress)
"I'm so beautiful, it's scary." ~ Hotohori from Yuu Watase's manga, "Fushigi Yuugi"
"Happiness is like having a sleepy puppy in your lap." ~ Beth (webmistress)
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein
"If all else fails, the password is 'swordfish.'" ~ Marx Brothers
"I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in them, I'll never know." ~ Groucho Marx
"Speak softly, but carry a big stick." ~Theodore Roosevelt
"No one deserves to be looked at like an animal in a glass cage." ~ Beth (webmistress)
"Beauty fades, but personality and the music last forever!" ~ Beth (webmistress)
"The world is full of idiots." ~ Beth (webmistress)
"You are an artist. You are God of your own world." ~ ?
"Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." ~ Alice Swaim
"Always do what is right. This will surprise some people and astonish the rest." ~ Count Leo Nikolavich Tolstoy
"Some people regard dicipline as a chore. for me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly." ~ Julie Andrews
"Olny the deucated are free." ~ Epictetius
"You can always tell a feal friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job." ~ Laurence J. Peter
"The best advice that can be given to anyone: Never forget to smile." ~ Beth (webmistress)
"We must belive that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever the cost, must be attained." ~ Madame Curie
"Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either." ~ Golda Meir
"The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." ~ William Shakespere.
"Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself! Face the truth." ~ Katherine Mansfield
"Everything is done in this world is done by hope." ~ Martin Luther
"It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich." ~ Detrich Bonhoeffer
"Quality is never an accident." ~ Willa A. Forster
"Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The human soul cannot be permanently chained." ~ W.E.B. Du Bois
"Luck is a matter of preperation meeting opportunity." ~ Oprah Winfrey
"Life is a daring adventure or nothing." ~ Hellen Keller
"The great art of writing is knowing when to stop." ~ Josh Billings
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless." ~ Mother Teresa
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~ Thomas Edison
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." ~ Judy Garland
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." ~ M. Kathleen Casey
"Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!" ~ Lauryn Hill
"Ther is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness." ~ Han Suyin
"Miracles are natural; when they do not occur, something has gone wrong." ~ Helen Schulman
"A conclusion is simple the place where someone got tired of thinking." ~ ?
"What's another word for Thesaurus?" ~ Steven Wright
"Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow." ~ James A. Michener
"Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't." ~ Pete Seeger
"Let him that would move the world first move himself." ~ Seneca
"Vision withougt action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." ~ Japanese Proverb
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets credit." ~ Harry S. Truman
"Don't go through life, grow through life." ~ Eric S. Butterworth
"Put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are." ~ Gail Goodwin