"I had my first kiss when I was four and kissed my next door neighbor's daughter. Her name was
Jennifer and then I ran away." - A.J.

"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." - Kevin

"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." - Nick

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

"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." - Howie

"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." - Brian

"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!" - A.J.

"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!'" -
Nick

"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." - A.J.

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

"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!" - Kevin

"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." - A.J.

"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." - Brian

"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!" - Nick

"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." - Brian

"'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 we went to Europe was to promote this." - Kevin

"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?'" - Brian

"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." - A.J.

"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." - Howie

"'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." - Brian

"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." - Nick

"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." - Kevin

"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." - A.J.

"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!" - Brian

"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." - Kevin

"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." - Brian

"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." - Kevin

"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'." - A.J.

"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." - Brian

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

"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." - Kevin

"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." - Brian

"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." - Nick

"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." - Kevin

"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!" - A.J.

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

"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." - Brian

"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!" - A.J.

"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." - Nick

"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." - Brian

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