Hanson Interview
EVERY MONTH I WILL PUT A NEW INTERVIEW ON THIS PAGE. This interview was from 'Smash Hits' . The next interview will be posted on: 5/12/00
* What's the most annoying question you get asked?*
Taylor: "Oh... wow. One of the questions we always get asked is 'Are your little brother and sisters gonna join the band?"
Isaac: (laughing) "That's pretty annoying"
Taylor: "The most commonly asked one is 'Do you guys have girlfriends?' And the stupidest question is: 'How did you meet?' People actually ask us that! Someone once asked us what our favorite ice-cream flavor was"
Zac: "That was kinda more original, because not many people ask it, but....."
Taylor: "It's not exactly profound though is it?"
*Can you name all five Backstreet Boys?*
Taylor: "I'm sorry we can't......"
Isaac: "I only know... (looks away with a puzzeled look).... no I've gotta say I don't know any of them!"
Zac: "We just don't think about that stuff"
Isaac: "We only know whta they look like"
Taylor: "They probably can't name us"
Zac: "Well, that's probably just because our names are a little easier to remember"
Isaac: "Yeah and there's only 3 of us rather than five"
*Have you ever lied about your ages?*
Isaac: "Why would we lie about our ages?"
Zac: (smiling) "I don't have that problem yet! It'd be pointless anyway. When we started doing gigs I was like this big! (He waves his hand around his knees) And I would be like 'Hi! I'm 14!"
Taylor: (laughing) "Even now I can't say I'm 19"
Zac: (putting on a New York accent) "Hey! Yo, I'm 22!"
Taylor: "You are 22 and your from Brooklyn!"
Isaac: (still doing accent) "Hey, forget about it! I'm Italian. We live in a subway sandwhich!"
*Do you find it bizarre when people say you look like girls?*
Isaac: "YES!"
Zac: "No, you see it's not bizarre at all. The only people who say we look like girls are the one who've lost their girlfriends because they like our band"
Taylor: "You know what, we'd be the ugliest girls you've ever seen! If I was a girl I'd feel sorry for myself I'M UGLY! (yeah, sure Tay we believe you!) Well for all those guys that say we are girls I sympathize. If I had a girlfriend and she was screaming at some band I'd kind of ticked off. So why not call us girls!"
*What are you like first thing in the morning?*
Taylor: "Like we are now, only in the morning"
Zac: "Well, I'm like in the morning's when I'm in the morning!"
Isaac: "I'm a bit groggy, I guess. I think my voice is deeper"
Zac: "Yeah you're like (in a deep voice) 'WOAAHERRGH!"
Taylor: "It depends on whether you've had enough sleep - either too much or too little. I sometimes think getting too much sleep is worse than getting enough. You feel really weird when you've slept til' noon"
*Who was the last person you argued with?*
Zac: "I don't track of those kind of things"
Taylor: "Everyone argues at certain points, but I don't remember the last time (thinks for a while). The computer!! We were yelling at the computer last night!"
Isaac: "Yeah, we were yelling at it because it wouldn't save something. We were getting really mad at the thing!"
Zac: (pretending to cry) "We were like 'You mean computer! We don't like you at all!' It was arguing back as well!"
Taylor: "Yeah it was sending us message like 'Screw you!' We were like 'Oh my God! It's alive! (they giggle) The computer was cussing at me!"
*Should girls play with Barbie's and boys with action men?*
Zac: "Everyone should play with what they want"
Taylor: "Well, if I'm a guy that has loads of sisters, I'll probably end up playing with Barbie to a certain extent. But in the end guys and girls like different things"
Isaac: "It was really funny a long time ago when I saw this thing on TV that said (does serious voice) 'Guys and girls are different' Like no way! In general guys like guns more" (they all laugh)
Zac: "Yeah let's play with guns and knives and motorcycles!"
*What's the 11th commandment?*
Zac: "To have a frog in your batrhroom"
Isaac: (In weird voice) "Thou shalt have a frog in thy bathroom. Erm sorry!"
Taylor: I'm not sure about the 11th commandment. I don't think we should go there!"
*Are you lover's or fighter's?*
Taylor: "It depends on the situation. If there's a big buly and he's getting ready to beat up on a really sweet girl then you're a fighter!"
Zac: "You are a fighter, then you are a lover!"
Isaac: "Yeah you are like (in a tough person voice) 'Hey babe, you can lay one on me!"
*If you could have a chat with anyone in the world, who would it be?*
Zac: "Well, lets see I would have my brain split in half and then I could talk to myself! No, I'd speak to Jim Bop Baybowlay!"
*What would you most like to change about the world?*
Zac: (pretends to cry) "You know what I wanna do? I wanna give everyone in the world a puppy!"
Taylor: "We're not up there to, like save the whales or anything you know........"
Zac: (continues to interrupt the others) "Because puppies are GOOD! They make you feel good!"
Isaac: "Except when they grow up to be big dogs (pretends to cry too) Yeah they're all warm and squishy inside! Especially when they pee on you!"
Taylor: "We're not majorly into all that 'Save the World'stuff. We make music-but then that's something you couldn't live without"
Isaac: "It's something you realize as you travel around-music is a universal language. When you go to all these countries and people are singing a song that you wrote -in english- you realize music crosses all boundaries"