Carson Daly
(when asked who his favorite "Buzzworthiest" artist is)
"Hanson, because buzzworthy means MTV is predicting that the
act will be huge before they're huge. Everybody thought
Hanson was just a lame act until the cool music community,
MTV included, understood that the Dust Brothers produced the
track MMMBop, and Presto, you've got yourself a cool act. and
Hanson attracted more people to our Times Square studio than
Marilyn Manson and 'N Sync combined. I didn't invite any of
them."
Stephen Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
"I hate it when people say Hanson sucks...Hanson does NOT
suck. They proved that at the grammy's they can rock..face it
people, bow down to Hanson, they rock and will be around a lot
longer than most..."
Puff Daddy
"I think Hanson's gonna be around for a long time. I think
that they're 3 great, talented young men and I think that what people need to stop doing to music is looking at the negative in everything. People are trying their best. It's great, and I think they're going to be around for a long time. You know, I like Hanson. When I hear them sing live, they have good voices, they play live instruments. I think they are going to grow as musicians. They are great entertainers and they have a lot of personality... some clean-cut kids trying to have a good time. They sound like the Jackson 5 to me a little bit. They got a lot of soul to them."
Jamiroquai
"The guys can sing, they can play, good songs, they can all
sing, got personality. They're brilliant."
Fiona Apple
"I think that like, you know, they seem like they really love
music which means that they'll stick with it...I think that
Hanson could probably be really good in a few years, actually."
Rosie O'Donnell
"Those kids in Hanson are so talented and cute. Someone
should get them a sitcom."
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
"Hanson? Yeah, I've heard of them. I saw them perform and
they have an interesting sound. I wish them every success."
Scott (from 5ive)
When asked his favorite song of 1997 he said: "Oh, definetly
MMMBop by Hanson. I think they are doing so well. And they're
so young! To write a song like that at the young age they did
is very cool.All credit to the lads."
Matchbox 20
Question:Is there any famous person you'd like to meet?
Kyle: That kid...
Brian: Hanson! We're all about Hanson.
Kyle: The drummer kid- Zac. I really want to meet him!"
Cleopatra
CLEO: NO WAY YONAH I LOVE TAYLOR HES MINE! But yeah...we really do love hanson alot! We have a major crush on them..it'd be awesome to meet them!
Jennifer Love Hewitt
When she called Howie Mandell when HANSON was on:
They are my favorite(HANSON) , Im a huge MMMBop fan. I was so excited to meet you, you guys are the best.(She went to the Hollywood Bowl Concert)
LeAnn Rhymes
"I'm a Hanson fan. I like them all."
Britney Spears
"Hanson are really cool."
Jim Carrey
"I want to adopt the little Hanson brother"
Brian Littrell
"We hung out with them for a while in the States and they were pretty cool. Its amazing how they all get along so well. If I was in a band with my brothers, I think I would have killed them by now. I can see the smallest one, Zac right? I could see him getting on well with Aaron Carter."
Stevie Nicks
"I was very impressed with Hanson's performance. I thought that little drummer was a kick-ass drummer, and that they sang great. I mean I didn't know, their just little boys you know? I was very impressed. I think they they'll probably be around in 20 years writing good songs and being in a great band."
Dave Navarro
When asked who he'd want Godzilla to fight if it was made into a sequel - "Hanson, because they have SO much rock power. I mean, their rock power is huge, and they'd kick Godzilla's ass!"
Tom Hamilton
"Hanson makes some great music so we're happy to share the bill with them."
Shawn Colvin
"I loved Hanson. I loved MMMBop. I love it. How could you deny that? It just sounded great! And that kid can really sing!"
Chris Rock
"I went to a Hanson concert the other night, and you know what? They can play!"
John Popper
"It was fun meeting them and they showed real class and great courage coming out on someone else's stage and playing their hearts out...They played a lot better than we did when we were their age."
The Moffatts
"Yeah I wanna do a music video with them" ~Clint Moffatt
"Hanson and us, [we] aren't boy bands, because we're guys that play instruments." ~Scott Moffatt
"I would love to work with Hanson they are pretty much one of the groups that told me 'We could do it. So can you'!" ~Dave Moffatt
David Duchovny
When askes what was his favorite song of 97. "I'll tell you what song I like, but I'm embarassed. I'm only going to tell you because...I like the Hanson song...I liked MMMBop."
Meredith Brooks
"I first met Hanson over in Japan and they gave me some great advice about the fans and they seem real down to earth. They're great."
Jeaneane Garofalo
When asked if she liked Hanson
"That drummer is so cute! And I'm not even kidding, he's
so adorably cute that from the very first -- well, at first I
thought that guy was a girl, the middle guy. I thought,
"What a cool girl." And I remember just thinking, "She's
the coolest, what a great role model for young girls." I
just thought it was a girl. So when I first saw Hanson, I
was caught up in the ideology of a great role model for
teen girls, and thinking, "What a important thing this
band is doing." And then I find out that's a boy. And, uh,
they're still great. I just think that they're utterly
adorable. They seem really well-adjusted and sweet and
they're home-schooled hippie kids, and I like the whole
thing. I just like the "MMMbop" song."