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"It seems like to me that if we were five black guys, people wouldn't give us as hard a time." - Rolling Stone, 1/20/00
"Everybody's trying to preach. All we're trying to accomplish is to make pretty love songs for guys and girls to slow dance to, uptempos to make you dance and midtempos for in your car, to make you forget about the traffic. It's entertainment. It's fun." - Rolling Stone, 1/20/00
"[I'm] pretty quiet. I guess I'm more the 'internal' type than the other guys." - People, 11/15/99
"Sexiness isn't something that's put on. It just naturally comes out of you." - People, 11/15/99
"My dad was probably the one who instilled that in me. He would always say--pardon my French-- 'If you're gonna half-ass it, don't do it at all.'" - Teen People, 8/98
"The fellas probably think I'm the hardest or the roughest or the meanest, but I'll cry at the drop of a hat sometimes." - Teen People, 8/98
"There was a kid in the front row, and I knew he was blind. He coudln't see us, but he was smiling. I said to A.J., 'He's blind, go and touch his hand,' and A.J. did. And I just started crying, you know? I just lost it." - Teen People, 8/98
"We're touching people's lives and making people forget about their problems for a moment. That's what music's all about, I think." - Teen People, 8/98
"I definitely believe that there is a place beyond this world, but I'm still trying to figure out what I should truly believe in."
"Mom never let me have girls up in my room."
"I need love."
"I could use a hug every day, but I am not likely to get it. It's something I really miss. We get a lot of attention, but not a lot of affection physically."
"I'm bashful. I like it when a girl tells me she likes me."
"I like a really sensitive girl, one who's more beautiful on the inside than on the outside."
"When I was really, really little, my brother used to scare me with KISS. I was terrified of those guys with all that scary makeup. I was probably like 6 or 7. They had a song called 'God of Thunder.' My brother used to get a kick out of saying, 'All right. Don't do such and such or I'm going to call the God of Thunder tonight and he's gonna come and get you.'"
"Growing up, I've always had dogs that stayed outside in the backyard. When I was really little, we had two dogs, and then when I got into high school, we had a boxer. We got him for my dad for his birthday."
"I'm sort of shy when it comes to making the first move. I like to become friends first so I can tell if they're gonna be interested in me."
"I cry in movie theatres all the time. I get that from my grandfather. We're a really sentimental family. Brian is like that as well. When we got our first gold record we bawled like babies!"
"I've always wanted to be a pilot. I just love flying, the freedom up there in the sky."
"I can't wait to go to Egypt and see the pyramids someday. That stuff interests me so much. That's why I'm always watching the Discovery Channel."
"I always open the car door for a lady, pull her chair out when she sits down and let her order her food first."
"A lot of people don't know we've been together seven years. We weren't playing bars, but we played high schools all over the United States. High schools aren't bars, but teenagers are tough crowds, man." - Rolling Stone, 1/20/00
"Sometimes backstage during one of our meet-and-greets, there will be a child who is terminally ill and it really breaks our hearts. It's sad that anyone has to die from cancer, but a little kid who doesn't even get a chance to live a life--man, I just can't take that. I usually end up crying."
"There might be times that I might be sick and not feeling good. But I get on stage and the lights go on and the music comes up--it's gone."
"We've always believed that if you give of yourselves, you're going to get it back. What goes around comes around."
"I want to live my life in a way that would make him [Dad] proud. I think he'd be pleased that I worked at the band. As long as I do what makes me happy, without sacrificing my morals, and follow what I was brought up to believe, he'll be proud." - Top of the Pops
"I wouldn't let anybody touch my eyebrows because I don't want to look like a madeup girl or whatever. They're big ol' Groucho Marx brows. I think you just have to be happy with what God gives you."
"That's phat to death." [[listen]]
"When all else fails you just gotta grab it with your fingers." [[listen]]
"Sorry bro." [[listen]]
"I think that in this interview that Nick has just been talkin too much." [[listen]]
"His dancing SUCKED!" [[listen]]
"When you get this tape back and it's wack...we're sorry." [[listen]]
"This is what LA does to ya...freaks ya out man." [[listen]]
"He gets his eyebrows from me...can you tell we're cousins now?" [[listen]]
"You're gonna poke my eye out." [[listen]]
"Good landing." [[listen]]
"We're tryin not to mess up the dance steps right now." [[listen]]
"It's in the key of AJ."
"Those guys to the left are our biggest fans."
"Those would be some singin kids...lemme tell ya."
"Course we were all on our best behavior."
"Well, it's about a 4 hour drive to Berlin...I guess she's goin with us. Maybe she'll fall off."
"We're here DAHLING!!!"
"They started throwin snowballs....we started throwin em back."
"AJ's got lipstick...."
"He looked like a Cheetah one day."
"What a rude, rude young man."
"Of course I went out and blew all the money"
"We'd leave the airport over in Europe and come back here...and there'd be like...crickets chirping."
"Actually, whenever we go out in public, AJ starts singin."
"Scary, spooky, shrubbery..."
"Think they got that coat in a brighter yellow bro?"
"We'll date anybody."
"I'll just sit over here by the fax machine."
"Chili Pepper."
"I guess this room would bring out the animal in anybody."
"As you can see they're all really interested in what they're watching."
"Lemme peek around the corner and make sure no ones undressed."
"Chicken tortilla things."
"It's hard for AJ to go outside."
"Awww, that's sweet of you Howard..." [[listen]]
"That was an inadvertent buzzer." [[listen]]
"We're never in one place long enough to GET a handicap..." [[listen]]
"Brian plays golf in the ice cold weather." [[listen]]
"ALRIGHT BABY!" [[listen]]
"What was that Bone?" [[listen]]
"You guys are the ones with the dirty minds."
"Make sure that's locked."
"It's gettin deep in here."
"Where do I stick this?"
"Did you bring cookies this time?"
"What's your scent Nick? Dial soap?"
"That's the word of the day, Brainfarts."
"Oh! Take your hooters!"
"Sometimes the business sucks."
"I was ready to hang on a palm tree."
"You know you've made it when people start makin fun of you."
"I wanna see the lady dancers shake their booties."
"I?d take some of my eyebrows off and make them into a hairtransplant. I have enough for everyone."
"AJ did break wind."
"You weren't listening to Nick, he totally introed that correctly."
"I'm gonna have to go to the ear, nose and throat specialist now."
"We wish he would just....go away."
"He's the penny pincher."
"Canadians have those cute little accents, eh?"
"Do mermaids exist? Of course they do! I used to work at Disney and I saw em all the time. The Little Mermaid." [[listen]]
"My name is Kev....." [[listen]]
"Rambunctious, rampaging....." [[listen]]
"I got a question. Is there a big towel in here? 'Cause I need to stick my head in the sink." [[listen]]
"Doesn't this, uh, this thing right here remind ya of that thing that dangles down from--what's this called? No your, UMM, your thing, yeah. Your THING!" [[listen]]
"Are you ready to PARTY?!"
"This is the underworld!"
"Wait, wait, wait! Does anyone out there have any requests?"
"Remember the script...tation?"
"Man, that's gon be a large phone bill."
"He's a little nervous today."
"We're gonna get arrested!"
"If the police we'll let us...we'll be here."
"DocumenTARY is kinda like a secretary."
"You want some caffeine?"
"Could we have some caffeine...cuz I need some..."
"Hi, I'm Kevin, can I hang out with you forever?"
"I like legs..."
"We're always bein' in a tiff."