How do you celebrate 25 years as a band?
We need to do projects that are inspiring to us and keep us excited.
It was challenging and thrilling.
We experienced that from the beginning in choosing to take our own path.
Probably the greatest unifier for us has always been that were actually here because were creating music.
Being an artist is like an addiction that weve turned into a career.
Its a requirement to create things.We didnt get into this to get famous and be millionaires.
We joke Which kid would you take to Disney World?
and its like Well, all of them.
When people say Hanson,MMMbop is still the songthey think of.
When we were thinking about this project, we definitely considered that MMMbop shouldnt be in this show.
Its so easy with that song to see it as this little pop ditty.
But the thing is, its quite a melancholy song.
Were proud of it and weve always continued to claim it and never been shy about that.
Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose, which one grows?
A daisy or a rose?
[Laughs]Theyre both beautiful.
It depends on the soil, it depends on the garden.
