Quotes from Kevin Jonas

We're guys that like to make fun music, music that people like. And I think, for us, it's just important to always keep your mind in the right place and always keep your heart in the place of making music that you love.

Rumors are always out there.

My parents have sacrificed so much, more than any parents really should.

The model of Yood is 'taking search out of search.'

We try to live as normal a life as we can, but it can be overwhelming at times.

It's not your responsibility to comment on parenting for others. I would hate if someone did that to me.

Maybe you're a little selfish that day; maybe you want something, and it can't happen, but you don't want to take no for an answer. Everybody has those moments, and you just have to be okay with being open and showing it.

I think there's, you know, somewhere inside of us there's that - that fear of one day waking up and, you know, the fans - the fans move on to the next band or something.

Thanksgiving is a big one for our family.

Anyone with a cellphone essentially is their own broadcast network. If you can build a reach for yourself, you're essentially an influencer.

As every parent knows, not every moment is going to be super exciting.

We wake up and pinch ourselves most days.

I carry cards because I don't like cash.

We have Common on one song called 'Don't Charge Me With the Crime,' which is one of my favorite songs. It's a story song. It didn't really happen to us. But it's definitely fun to have him on the track.

We chose to be a family, not a band.

Treasure every single moment you spend with someone you care about.

I'm a huge coffee drinker.

We were definitely new to the whole music thing. The first album was a real collaborative effort between us, the writers, and the A&R people at Columbia Records. We really worked to find out what our sound was.

I've always, like, wanted two kids that were both girls, and my wife was like, 'Why?' I'm like, 'Because I've been around boy so much my entire life that I want to be surrounded by, you know, girls.'

In my line of work, you never know how the female fans are going to respond to another girl, but they've always been so kind and so sweet to Danielle, which has been really great.

We are not a boy band in the traditional sense. We don't dance or have synchronized moves. We are a pop-rock band.

A lot of people don't post about their kids or do anything. With us, we are so proud and so blessed to have our children, and we also know how happy we are, that I feel like we would love to share it. We are not trying to exploit anything in any way; honestly, I am just proud of my kids and just happy to have them.

We didn't tell anyone we had gotten signed, because people can freak out a little. But we started working with writers. I remember that I missed three to four days of school every single week, and people were, like, 'Where are you?', but I couldn't say anything, because we'd talked about keeping it to ourselves.

The first record took us, like, a year and a half to make. The second one took 21 days, including weekends.