Death is always a reality, and life is incredibly short.

I've got angels watching out for me.

I want my kids to know that what I do is work. It's fun, it's a great job, but it's work.

Oklahoma is very entrepreneurial.

We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.

We have a good time and try not to kill each other.

Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road.

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.

I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.

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.

One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the 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.

We can do things that are very, very simple to us that can have a huge impact on others.

Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.

There's something extraordinary about selling millions and millions of albums.

Our songs all carry the same way.

Texas is a pretty free state.

I'm a bit of a hothead in certain circumstances, but you've got to temper it because your fans are there, and they've paid good money to see a show.

For better or worse, we have evolved for sure, but we've also maintained a certain core about who we are, which is we were raised on late '50s and early '60s rock n' roll and R&B, and you can always hear that throughout. And that's just always been who we were. As much as we've evolved, that's stayed the same.

It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.

You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them.