My wife is amazing. She had to know she was getting into a heap of trouble when we met.
Taylor HansonI'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.
Taylor HansonI 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.
Taylor HansonAs 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.
Taylor HansonRadio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
Taylor HansonHaving a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
Taylor HansonDon't change for anyone. The people that matter don't care, and the people that care don't matter.
Taylor HansonThere'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.
Taylor HansonSometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
Taylor HansonHopefully, 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.
Taylor HansonThe 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.
Taylor HansonI 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.
Taylor HansonThe 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.
Taylor HansonI 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.
Taylor HansonThe 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."
Taylor HansonYou 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.
Taylor HansonHanson has rapid female fans, which Iโm completely proud of, but a lot of fans are a contingent that have grown up with us really - our peers. Thereโs younger fans. More and more guys are Hanson fans [but theyโre] musicians or kind of guys who were into a Beatles record.
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