AJ...
"Everyone was afraid of me 'cos I was such a freak.No-one would come near me, they were like 'What the hell's wrong with him, he's so weird?' I didn't fit in." [Smash Hits]

"Usually girls have a really sensitive side, so you can go mushy on them." [Smash Hits]

"I used to smoke and that calmed me but I quit cause it wasn't worth ruining my voice." [Live & Kicking]

"I'm not good at secrets, so don't tell me any!" [Smash Hits]

"I know this might sound cheap, but I might take a girl to McDonald's for dinner." [Star!]
 
"I had my first kiss when I was four and kissed my next door neighbour's daughter. Her name was Jennifer and then I ran away."

"I like funny girls who will pop in and say, 'Here i am!' It doesn't matter what she looks like, though - honestly!"

"In Germany someone threw a rock and it hit me in the face during a performance. I thought it was a cuddly toy or something. It caught me just above the eye. It was quite a nasty cut. I had to carry on the show, though, as it was part of a pop festival. If it had been our show, I would have got security to find out who threw it!"

"I'm the king of hotels when it comes to not paying my bill. I'll go through the mini bar, take all the cokes and orange juices and tell them I've not had anything at all when they ask the next morning. I do end up paying for it in the long run. I got away with it for a while, but then they caught on."

"My room at home is real tidy at the moment because I'm away. My keyboards are there, lots of Stephen King books and my sound system."

"We had a lot of fun recording 'Get Down (You're the One For Me)' at Fun Factory! Toni the producer was really cool, a great writer. I think it shows we can rap a little bit, and it has more of that hip-hop sound."

"We're really focused on not taking our fans for granted. You can't get caught up with it, because there is no way to please everybody. But when we can, we like to give them some special attention. We're just trying to be nice and give a little something back."

"I'd love to get my eyebrow pierced and get three tattoos done. I'd have one on my back between my shoulder blades - a sun about as big as three Coke cans. Then, on my left arm, my nickname, 'Bone', and on my right arm a Japanese symbol/word meaning 'Eternal Life'."

"I don't think any of us are thinking about going solo. It's like the whole New Edition thing that's going on: somewhere down the line we could all go solo, but then we'd get back together ten years later and be even better than we were before!"

"Being honest, when I see an attractive girl I have to say that the first thing I look at is, well, if she's looking at me, her eyes - but if she's not then... her booty. I watch it go from side to side. It doesn't matter what size it is but... yeah, I know. I'm a man. I'm sorry!"
 

Brian...
"I bite my fingernails.I've bitten them all my life." [Smash Hits]

"I have two scars where I had my appendix taken out, but only people who know me really well get to see them cos they're at the bottom of my tummy!" [BIG!]

"They go on about the size of my nostrils and about them sucking things up." [Live & Kicking]

"I haveto know someone really well before I'd even kiss them." [BIG!]

"I love steaks, fries and salad." [BIG!]

"I remember once we were performing a song from the album on stage and I had to sing the first two verses. The dance routine was really difficult and I was just concentrating so hard I blanked out on the words. I ended up just humming along. The other guys were useless. They were creased up laughing and didn't try to help me out at all!"

"I hope the success never stops. I want us to be around for a long time, but you have to take it step by step, day by day, dealing with things that come your way in a logical manner. It's so easy to fall into your own hype."

"If I had a girlfriend I would probably go anywhere for her. If I had to go anywhere for one of my family, I would do that too. For anyone I loved or cared for I would do anything."

"I take the mickey out of Howie because it takes so long for him to do everything. And Kevin, cause he's the oldest - if he doesn't laugh with us, we say 'You're too much of an old man to understand our jokes.'"

"When we picked the name Backstreet Boys we intended it to last forever. When we get older, when we grow up, we're gonna keep it like the Beach Boys did y'know. If we felt it was necessary we could drop the Boys and call ourselves Backstreet."

"'Just to be Close to You' is a percappella song - it's like cappella. Our voices make the music but it also has the drum track - it was very simple. It talks about being close and how that's what matters in the long run."

"My ideal Saturday night would be to go to the park, play some basketball for an hour until it gets dark then go back and have a shower at my house. After that I'd go and pick up a friend, not anyone in particular, and go to the movies, or out for dinner like a date."

"We've got some brilliant fans. We get really excited when we're flying back into a country like Britain, because we get to meet them again - we literally sit on the plane going, 'Oh, do you think Helen, or Louise, or whoever, will be at the airport?'"

"If we've been to see a scary movie or something and we're sharing a room, and the lights are off when we walk in Nick will go (whispering) 'It's dark in here, isn't it?' And he's not being funny - he means it!"

"When I'm on the road the thing I miss most is sleeping in my own bed. When I get home I love sinking into my own sheets. I miss my pillow and duvet. Hotels are really uncomfortable. They're either too hard or way too soft."

"I have two scars where I had my appendix taken out, but only the people who know me really well get to see them cause they're at the bottom of my tummy! I've also got a scar on my head where I head-butted a table when I was 12."

"We've wanted to get back to the UK for a long time now, but what we want people to realize is that we're trying to conquer the whole world and that means we have to visit all these different countries. Unfortunately, it doesn't leave us much time in each place, but what I want everyone to realize is that the fans have always been, and always will be the most important thing. After all, we'd be nothing without them."

"We all look at ourselves in the mirror and say, 'Yeah, I look okay today.' It's part of the job, being aware of how you look."
 

Howie-D...
"I try to keep my figure, so I've got to stay away from chocolates." [Smash Hits]

"I call my house and talk to my family-that's the biggest relaxation for me." [Smash Hits]

"Brian's scared of heights so he doesn't like going on roller coaster rides-but he's no scardy cat." [BIG!]

"I'm sick of gummi bears!" [Smash Hits]

"I don't like to have a girlfriend, but I do like to go on dates." [Smash Hits]

"I said I wore socks in bed at night and everyone keeps taking the mickey out of me about it." [Live & Kicking]

"People always jump out at me and I'm like 'Ahhhh!' " [BIG!]

"Looking at famous artists like Prince, I thought they'd have a glamorous life - doing their show, going to parties and sleeping in late. But no way. Sometimes, we have to get up at 4 am to get on the road, and there are always promotions to do. I had no idea how much work goes into it."

"I once put someone's name on the Statue of Liberty. I was going up a spiral staircase that led to the top and I saw everybody else's name and thought, 'What the heck?' It was mine and somebody else's name in a heart, but I'm not gonna kiss and tell."

"Hey, I'm Mr. Romantic! I have Spanish relatives, so romance is in my blood!"

Kevin...
"I wear, like, the new-style cotton boxers, Tommy Hilfiger ones." [Smash Hits]

"I'd like to be the President for a day, just to see what it's like to be in his shoes." [Smash Hits]

"My weakness is peanut butter.Oh my gosh.I could eat peanut butter on anything! I like peanut butter and jam on Ritz crackers-I could eat those babies all day!" [Smash Hits]

"Actually it's a tie between her(Nicole Kidman) and Liv Tyler...Oh my God! She is beautiful!" [Smash Hits]

"I don't get jealous if guys are looking at my girl or anything." [Live & Kicking]

"When you're on the road it's difficult to keep up with the laundry so you find yourself without a clean pair of underpants. You have no choice but to pop back on yesterday's pair. They tend to be pretty snug, though, which is lucky."

"We did this live show at this radio station in Spain and when we came out, we were mobbed. I had a necklace on that meant a great deal to me - my brother gave it to me one Christmas - and this girl just ripped it off my neck!"

"'We've Got It Goin' On' has a lot of good memories for me, cause it was our first single, which of course, we re-released in the UK. The first time wewent to Europe was to promote this."

"I'd like to be President for a day, just to see what it would be like in his shoes. What laws would I pass? Erm, I think there needs to be money put into cancer and AIDS research, especially since my dad died of cancer. I'd just use the money they had for better things."

"I've always loved flying. In high school, I was always debating whether to go to college, or to follow my dream into entertainment, or whether to go to the air foce to become a pilot. I've had flying lessons, but I've never been up in a helicopter."

"If a girl's too loud and tries to get too much attention it kinda puts me off a little bit. And if they don't have very good manners, or if I hear them swearing, then that turns me off too."

\"My first kiss was with a girl called Gina Davison who I went to school with. I was in fifth grade. She was nice. That was my first real kiss."

"My room at home is very empty! I've just moved into an apartment with Howie and Brian. My room is decorated black and white."
 

Nick...
"I don't believe in being mean to anyone.I'm really a peaceful person." [Smash Hits]

"I kinda did my hair more sophisticated.I kinda got sick of that old blond parted down the middle kinda rubbish." [Smash Hits]

"I am addicted to Nintendo!" [Smash Hits]

"I can be shy around girls." [Smash Hits]

"I just shave a small amount about once a week." [Smash Hits]

"I just say I'm at school or something especially if I really like her." [Live & Kicking]

"Personally I like it when fans do crazy things!" [Smash Hits]

"We once sang at the opening of a pet store." [Smash Hits]

"I used to stand on a tree stump in our back garden and sing, pretending the flowers were my audience. One day my mum caught me and enrolled me in singing lessons straight away."

"My family used to call me Charlie Brown cause I had a big round head and no hair. There's still baby pictures on display at home, which is a bit embarrassing. My mum's even got the family album out when a girl's been round and gone, 'Here's a picture of Nick as a baby without any clothes on!'"

"I was asked out by girls a bunch of times when I was at school. I like girls asking you out because it takes the pressure of you having to do it, but it hasn't happened for a while, I'm say to say!"

"I've never been drunk. I'm under-age, so I'd get myself in trouble if I drank. It's never interested me. I've heard from some people that drinking isn't bad for your health if you keep it in moderation, but personally I don't like it."

"I'd never hang my feet off the end of the bed - I'm afraid little gremlins will bite my toes! Really!"

"The most expensive thing I've ever bought is a gold chain that cost $300. I bought it for myself. How come I haven't bought a flash car and a house? Well, I haven't got a driving license, and I'd rather stay at home with my parents."

"I believe there's something else besides this when you die. I haven't a clue what it's like - I haven't got a mental picture of it or anything. I just believe there's something."
 

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