Official 3T German Magazine Interview
There have been sold 1.200.000. Brotherhood albums worldwide. Have you thought of such a success ?
Taj: The only important thing to us is to give our best. That´s the reason why I can´t say that we have expected a negative or positive result. We only wanted to give our best, we have invested lots of energy to produce a good album. We´ve been educated in that way, Uncle Michael and Aunt Janet were our idols.We watched them conquering all countries and we lived to that example.
What do you think about the remix-versions that have been released on your singles?
Taryll: We like some of them. But others we don´t like b´cuz they have nothing to do with the original song. There was a remix of Anything which melody we totally different from the original. It´s the Cool Out Urban Mix. And some radio station have broadcasted that remix instead of the normal version. In spite of this we had a big success with Anything in the USA, perhaps he had entred the Top 10 if the radio stations hadn´t broadcasted the remix version.
Have you noticed a change in the behaviour of people after the release of your album ?Are you seen today more as 3T or as Michaels nephews ??
TJ: There are definitely more people that know us as Michaels nephews but also that people who liked Anything remember us. A part of the audience accept us as artists.We are more than the new Jackson generation, Titos sons or Michaels nephews. The people respect us as individuals. But we don´t mind if someone mentions Michael when talking about 3T. We are one family and our uncle helped us alot. We are proud of beeing his nephews.
Which song is going to be the next single ??
TJ: In Europe it´ll be "Gotta Be You", in the USA we´re thinking about "I Need You", but that´s not sure yet.
Have you had time to write new songs since the release of Brotherhood ?
Taryll:We´ve written several songs as we where on our promotion tour for our European tour. We have spent a few days at home between the promotours. We will continue to work on our new album when we´ll have the time to.
When will the new album be realeased ??
Taryll:We will release the first single in June or August.
What´s the name of your favourite male music group ??
Taj: I don´t know. We´ve seen alot of them.
Taryll: I would say MN8 and Backstreet Boys.
TJ: Yes, that´s right...
Are you into Tattoos ?? Do you have some ??
Taj: No, we haven´t any. I think that hurts alot.
Taryll: Yes I also think that that hurts and I´m frightened about that.
TJ: I don´t think that I´m going to have a tattoo one day. What happend when you won´t like the tattoo in a few years. Opinons and tastes change...it´s difficult to knoe how you´ll think in the future time about it.
Do you drink alcohol??
TJ: No, we never drink alcohol.
What about one glass of wine?
Taj: No, perhaps when we are older.
Did you ever smoke?
Taryll: No, never. We hate cigaretts and besides it´s not good for our voices.
Do you have girlfriends at the moment??
Taj: No, but there are still a few weeks left before we´ll start our tour, so we keep on searching. We have not much time to think about it. As soon as we are at home we must think about leaving again. Do you date women that you get to know on your journeys ??
TJ: No, we have talked to alot of fans but we never became friends with fans that we´ve met on tour. Such meetings cannot exist b´cuz we have no time for that. To be honest I never felt in love with a fan till now.
And if you had enough time...???
TJ: If we´d met an interesting woman, maybe...(thinking)...Sure..(silence)....OK., if we had lotta time...(silence)... It takes one week till I know a woman, her character, her personality....then I can think about dating her.
You wouldn´t have One Night Stands ?
Taryll: For nothing in the world.
There are rumors that Taryll has a girlfriend....?
TJ: Taryll, is that true that you have a girlfriend ?
Taryll: You mean me? No.Who said that ?
That´s a rumor...
Taryll: No, I haven´t a girlfriend. I used to have a few in the past but not at the moment.
Taryll, what´s the meaning of the "16" on you necklace??
Taryll: This is my lucky number.
Do you all have the same dreams ?
Taryll. I´m dreaming that I´m standing onstage in a stadium. I´m often dreaming that, the only one I have frequently.
Taj and TJ: Us too...
What´s in your pockets right now ??
Taryll: In my pockets? I just got up, so...only air.
TJ: I have trousers without pockets, that´s why I have nothing in my pockets. But if I had pockets it would be coins.
Taj: I have an old cinema ticket and a few coins. Strange, but I always have old cinema tickets in my pockets.
Special TTThanx to Yabo TTT for typing this article.