Taylor Hanson Quotations

Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.

There's always a spattering of people who see Hanson who were influenced by classic '60's and '70's rock and roll. In a lot of ways, we're sort of the anatomy of a '70's rock band if you examine what we do: white guys who grew up listening to soul music from the '50's and '60's.

I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits.

You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.

I want to be able to talk about changing the world through your actions and being a generation that is aware and a force to be reckoned with - and at the same time be dancing.

My wife is amazing. She had to know she was getting into a heap of trouble when we met.

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.

The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.

I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably - small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.

As I discovered music, especially Rock 'n Roll, new territory was opened to me. I was lured by the unbridled rhythm of this art form. It was like gasoline on the fire of my youthful spirit.

The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.

A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.

I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.

Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job being a parent, and as it turns out, being young really helps you keep up.

Hanson has rapid female fans, which I'm completely proud of, but a lot of fans are a contingent that have grown up with us really - our peers. There's younger fans. More and more guys are Hanson fans, musicians or kind of guys who were into a Beatles record.

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents.

People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma.

You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do.

Hopefully, there's a place in music for Tinted Windows. If we're really trying to be iconic, we should just stop right now. If one of us could die, that would also help. But I don't think anybody wants that gig.

Our choice to become independent again was about our belief in the relationship between us and our fans. We're passionate about the future of independent music.

About eight months in, we realized there was going to be more difficulty than we thought.

There's a weird fact that if you dropped a penny off the Empire State Building in New York City, you'd kill someone. I feel really bad, 'cause I dropped a nickel off it once.

Getting your license gives you the right to pick your nose in the car.

The first music you really fall in love with is more than just music. It's something that clicks in you beyond the song; it's a message or image that causes you to jump in and not let go.

It's really weird getting phone calls, and people going 'I love you, I love you, I love you.'

You have to like yourself before you can do anything!

Love is putting yourself second

Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.

He's hard-core, but I think he's actually more of an actor.

Everything is exciting. Who knows what will happen next?

You have to know what you want and keep going for it.

Don't change for anyone. The people that matter don't care, and the people that care don't matter.