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.

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.

Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.

Hanson plays music that is very much a part of everything.

Careers are like roller coasters. You go up, you go down, and you spin yourself around.

The artist-audience relationship is the most valuable thing, and anything you can do to fuel the long-term potential of that relationship is of value to you.

Luckily, I'm in a band with two other guys who really pull their own weight and have the skills and abilities to compensate for my weaknesses.

Word of mouth is way more important than millions of dollars spent marketing.

'MMMbop' ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you'll have the in the face of challenge and strife.

'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'