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Get your own Free Home Page"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!"
"Girl, I miss you.... and it's only been one day since I went away.... and already I say I long to kiss you and hold you in my arms.... the nights are much to long when you're gone....." ~ My Heart Stays With You
"When you talk -- does it seem like he's not even listening to a word you say? That's okay, babe. Just tell me your problems and I'll try my best to kiss them all away." ~ All I Have To Give
"Like a flower to a tree, that's how close I wanna be to your heart." ~ Just To Be Close To You
"Isn't it true that my love for you is here to stay.... it'll never go away." ~ Tell Me That I'm Dreaming
"Girl I won't let you down." ~ I'll Never Find Someone Like You
"We're a corporation--The Backstreet Boys Inc., we're five shareholders in our own company." - Howie on the business aspect of being part of the group
"There's a scene toward the end, where Rick Moranis comes in and sings to his wife, and you can see me right in the very front of the screen. I'm pulling this weird face as he sings." - in where he was in the movie "Parenthood"
"If you blink, you miss me because I played a messenger boy and I ride
past
the screen quickly on a bike as Burt is being chased."
- Howie in "Cop and a Half"
"I can sleep a good 12 hours, no problem."
"My hair has to be perfect and nobody can touch it. I like to look good always."
"I kind of knew I was a performer since I was seven."
"We knew that would hit us, but once we start singing, it squashes a lot of that negativity and pessimism." - on being compared to New Kids On The Block
"I finally got me a new car! They all beat me - I held out the longest. I bought a Corvette." - when asked "Have you bought yourselves anything special?"
"My sister's been an inspiration to me." - Howie talking about Pollyanna
"In sixth grade, at a party, I got kissed by the two prettiest girls there."
"In Europe, there's no walking--anywhere--without a bodyguard."
"On my 18th birthday, this girl I was seeing asked her parents if she could have the house to herself and she invited all my friends around for a surprise party. That was romantic." - being asked "What's the most wonderful thing a girl's done for you?"
"I try to drink a lot of herbal, hot teas with a lot of honey and lemon."
"My mom, her favorite thing in the world is the elephant--she loves elephants. So every country we go to, I always buy her an elephant." (April's note: Did ya know that Howie just recently purchased an elephant water fountain, where it is installed in her backyard? Aww....isn't Howie sweeeet?)
"We used to actually joke about it calling it the "No Fan Land", we would say. And, I mean, the fans that we pretty much have out here in our houses and stuff were actually international fans from Europe that found out our adresses and stuff like that. But pretty much other than that we were normal people. We were able to walk up and down the streets, go to the malls and go to the clubs and do our own normal lives." - talking about life of the Backstreet Boys in the USA
"We were on stage at Sea World in Orlando at a big eighth grade grad night. I started doing a dance move where I wiggled my feet and my legs together, and my shoe wiggled right off me. I danced a little with my shoe off. Then when I felt embarrassed enough, I went over [to the side of the side] and put it back on."
"I suddenly realized I was singing the wrong words. I could hear myself saying the lines and I was thinking, heck, what did I just say?" - talking about his experience when singing the national anthem at a school basketball game
"I love being able to look out and see all those faces watching - people I'll probably never meet. It makes me feel like I'm doing something worthwhile." - talking about being on stage
"They're Oriental silk and I love them!" - Howie on his fave pair of pajamas
These quotes are from April's Howie D. Page
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