- So To All those people out there in the press community who don't want pop music to continue on ... Sorry
- We're not perfect
- I'm a real softy, you know
- Oh my gosh!...Howard!....Excuse Me!...Censor!
- Most of all I like chasing girls!
- What I search in a girl? hmm... long & blonde hairs, blue eyes, long legs, intelligent, smart.. and indipendent!.. yeah, indipendent!... it makes a girl look really sexy!
- Everyday I read the Bible and say the prayers that I learnt when I was a child.
- What do I want from my future? I would like to start a family, have a wife, a beautiful home and a dog.
- I think everyone in the world has had a broken heart at one point or another: being famous does not exclude you from that.
- I wish everyone in the world could get along better. I wish i could erase prejudice.
- I've had horrible dates with girls who just seemed bored out of their minds.
- I have to have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or I can't survive.
- I don't know if we sold out the Orlando show or if we just gave the tickets away.
- Brian Littrell likes to sleep in more than Brian Backstreet is allowed to.
- I asked Santa for a date with Pamela Anderson Lee, but he said she was booked solid through the year...
- Of course I like to look at pretty girls in the street, What hot blooded boy doesn't?
- Ever since I was little, I've always wanted a little me running about somewhere!
- 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.
- Cool is just being yourself, trying to not come across as somebody your not.
- Nick is like the little brother I never had.
- I like to push Nick out first, because all the girls go after him!
- Yo what's up, this is the B-rokster Brian.
- What you see is what you get.
- Hi my name is Brian but you can call me B-rok, cause I'll be rockin your house, hehehe.
- I feel like a corncob right now.
- I'm married to these guys! Oh Gosh.
- Once, we threw him (Nick) out of the dressing room in his underwear in front of a whole bunch of girls. He got real mad, but it was really funny.
- 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
- I like being the werewolf!
- If you get a coke out of the mini bar it's gonna cost you an arm and a leg.
- Facts are facts, you guys said 5 minutes and it's been 5 minutes and 35 seconds!
- I love these guys... oh gosh!!
- Hi, I'm B-Rok of the Backstreet Boys, Jim Carrey wannabe!
- When I heard the first musical note and the organ started playing I was like *gulps* this is really happening.
- I think you have to take life day by day, and the more humour you find in everyday things then the happier you'll be.
- I love being in BackStreet Boys! I wouldn't change a thing in my life! It's a blessing, I thank God for everything!
- It was, it was a fairytale, we wanted everyone that came there to experience the love that we share, and I have stability in my life and I love that, I enjoy it!
- (Now how are you guys liking married life?) Loving it!
- When we came out at first that was us. We come out now and it's still us, but the market -- we're accused of something that we're not doing because the market is oversaturated with people like us.
- I love being home, I'm a homebody, come in lay my head down, hang my hat at the door.
- I'm just a dad, that's all I am.
- My mom gave me a quote when I was 18 and left home, she said, "You can get your feet wet, just don't drown." And I've carried that with me for ten years now.
- I've put on a good 20 lbs. since we got pregnant (shaking his head at his burgeoning girth) I've definitely had the pregnant brain, forgetting everything like crazy!
- I've always wanted kids. I have a great relationship with both of my parents and now I want to share that with my kid. I'll have to pass out gifts this year at Christmas.
- Ha-ha, I'd love to do that! I could be Mr Mum and do things like the school run! I look forward to being at home as well as making CDs and videos and doing promo. You have to do normal things if you want to keep your feet on the ground and I love the normal things in life. (about being a full-time househusband)
- I'd say getting up in the morning and making some Starbucks coffee. I take it through to our sun room, which is a real pretty room with lots of light and a TV. I do other things around the house, too, and help to clean up. I've learnt to be domesticated. The world doesn't revolve around the Backstreet Boys.
- Just the other day I took out the trash to the cans outside!
- She's dreamed of a fairy-tale wedding, and I'm going to do everything I possibly can to make her dreams come true.
- She said "Hello, my name is Leighanne" and I said "I know.."
- I had just gotten out of a relationship with a high school sweetheart that didn't work out. I didn't really have my eyes or mind set on anybody. It was something that just happened. If I was looking, I wouldn't have been able to find her.
- I was like, 'Wow, she's gorgeous!". To me, the picture spoke a million words. It's one thing to see a picture and to think someone is pretty, but for them to also be intelligent and to be as driven as she is, that's important.
- Our fiancées know we got here through hard work and perseverance and they're behind us all the way.
- She [Leighanne] was there in the beginning when things were just beginning to take off. She was the second face I saw when I woke up from my surgery. I saw my grandmother's face first, then Leighanne's.
- As Long As You Love Me video. Where I met the rest of my life.
- I only say words that are in the Bible like ass, damn, hell, and is shit in the Bible?
- Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, at least you'll land among the stars.
- When you love someone, put their name in a circle and not a heart, because hearts can be broken but circles go on forever.
- A man is never worth your tears and the one who is won't make you cry.
- Sex on the TV is bad... You might fall off!
- I've seen a lot of things that my girlfriend is a witch with a 'b' and I've seen that kind of thing before but our fans are supportive of our music. But if they want to support our personal lives as well they should just say 'He's a grown man, he's going to live his life and he's got to do things that will make him happy.' What people have to realize is that as many people as we have around us all the time it still gets lonely. It's good to have somebody to share all this with and someone to talk to and bounce things off of.
- Oh man! It was a long time ago, I can tell you that much! It was over a year ago. I don't want to go into details, but there was a sauna involved! (on what's been his most passionate experience to date)
- I guess in that way, I am sort of old-fashioned, and I'd have to say that honestly, I don't believe in having a sexual relationship outside of marriage."
- We've all got pretty smelly feet!
- If we've been to a scary movie or something and we're sharing a room, and the lights are off when we walk in, Nick will go 'It's dark in here, isn't it?' And he's not trying to be funny he means it!
- I'm his big brother and I'm gonna knock him out!
- I'm married to these guys...
- We're not perfect.
- I snore. Just ask the others!
- Facts are facts, you guys said 5 minutes and it's been five minutes and 35 seconds.
- I love cheese.
- I want people to see the happy me, as that's what I am 99 percent of the time.
- You need to to keep something for yourself for your own sanity.
- A little love, caring, understanding, and emotion. (if he was your b/f)
- The main thing for us at the moment is to concentrate on getting this right. It's going to be a long time before we think about calling it quits.
- Don't Leave Me. 'cause the track and the words are just slammin'! (on his fave song)
- He's always on the phone to his family in Florida. I'd hate to see his phone bill. He'll chat to anyone and tell you stories all day long, whether they're true or not. (about A.J.)
- I never dreamed of being a big star or anything. I grew up in a Baptist Church and ever since I could walk I was singing.
- When I was dealing with the stuff in the hospital we were all surviving off my dad's income.
- I'm not real regilious, but my family brought me up with religious background. I try to stay somewhat focused on that and do my own thing.
- Nick is like the kid brother I never had.
- I admire him as a singer because I saw him live in Orlando. I would give anything for a copy of that concert. It was just unbelievable. He just blew me away. (on Luther Vandross)
- I never dreamed it would be worldwide. It's still kind of a little hard to believe. (on being a BSB)
- Joke telling isn't one of my things but I like to make people laugh by pulling faces or tripping and falling over. Sometimes I hurt myself! But I have another side, and when I'm talking about my emotions or how I am on the inside, I like to get into more detail.
- I like a girl to play with my hair--y'know, rough and tumble my head.
- Lie on the couch and just watch TV--that's it! (his way of chilling)
- It's important to me that fans know what sort of person I am and what I'm about. It's not that I want them to follow me or do as I do, but I just hope I set a good example.
- I'd tell her, Time will tell, but I have things to do for myself right now. (choosing between his career and romance)
- My logic is that my life is no different than anyone else's except for four or five feet, and that four or five feet is how tall the stage is. Because if you put anyone else on stage, the girls will scream. I'm just the lucky one who's having an opportunity like this. When I step off the stage, I'm like anyone else.
- Drove my car into my apartment complex, and they knew my car because a picture of it had been in a magazine...These two girls were sitting right in front of my apartment with their pens and paper, and they jumped when they saw me.
- We're for real. What you see is what you get. We're five solo artists put together and we love to do what we do.
- I think you have to take life day by day, and the more humor you find in everyday things then the happier you'll be. My grandmother on my dad's side is nearly eighty, but she looks like she's fifty, and acts like she's thirty.
-I take a mickey out of Howie 'cause he takes so long to do everything. And Kevin 'cause he's the oldest. If he doesn't laugh with us we say, 'You're too much of an old man to understand our jokes.
- It's great to have recognition at home. It took a long time, but finally our fellow Americans have cottoned onto us. I think a lot of it has to do with the Spice Girls bringing pop back into the U.S. They started getting successful and everybody in America turned around and said, 'Okay, where are the homegrown acts?' So we turned up and said, 'Here we are We've been here all along, you just never noticed before.
- 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.
- We've got some brillant fans. We get really excited when we're flying back into a country like Britian, 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?
- When we would have family outings, [Kevin] would always go hang out with my brother. It was like my brother and him were real tight, because they were the same age. I was the baby of the family.
- They would get together and sing and pretend they were rock stars, and my brother would beat on the drums. My brother never took it seriously...
- Then a couple mintues later, It's like, 'Hey, Frack,' then, 'Wassup, Frack?' and it's cool. (when he and Nick get mad at each other)
- I'm proud of the way he handles everything that comes along and how he's matured. Nick's always real straight-faced and gets the job done the best he can.
- We signed CDs for five minutes. We had a chance to sign maybe ten autographs--and the girls busted through the barriers. They wrecked the store and stole posters and stand-ups of us that they had on display. (signing at a record store in Germany)
- During the first two days we just spent our time suntanning, but now we need some action. We have been swimming, surfing, and playing many different sports. (while in Maui)
- Over there they had a bunch of what's called 'boy groups', so we had a ready-made market. But since we were Americans, we were a fresh new sound for Europe.
- I want everyone to realize that the fans always have been, and always will be, the most important thing. After all, we'd be nothing without them.
- I've laughed so much that my stomach hurt...When you are around a lot of people who are laughing and everyone laughs and the whole world joins in and no one can stop...it hurts!
- I guess I'm just a happy kind of guy. I don't see any point in being miserable. Probably the only time you'll see me low is when I'm sick.
- Eyes are very appealing to me.
- Someone who can treat me like a normal person. (on who he would like to end up with)
- I can't see myself without a girl who's intelligent, a girl who shares my values, religiously or morally, and my interests. She'd have to have a good sense of humor....determination and lots of energy.
- A flawless evening over a candlelit dinner. (on his dream date)
- Yes! (if he would date a fan)
- One thing is for sure. If Nick wasn't in the group, it just wouldn't be the same for me.
- I was two-timed by a girl in high school. I liked her and she liked someone else! I was disappointed, because she didn't turn out to be the girl I thought she was.
- I think it's just the hang up in all of us. You know, being the ham, wanting the attention. It's so very rewarding to me that you're actually affecting their lives. (on his love for performing)
- It's a blessing just to get up on stage, even if you don't feel like it, and see the reaction of people. It's fulfilling inside to think you're touching people's lives.
- If I didn't have to [work], I'd probably volunteer and go to a church and sing for free. You know, just do the things that I used to do all the time, just go back to the love of it all.
- It's very rewarding because of the fact that you're fulfilling something that somebody's always wanted, or doing something very nice. You know, it's like giving back. That's something that I think will always be important to me. (on charity work)
- I would see myself at a school somewhere, assisting coaching basketball. You know, helping kids out. But at the same time, I would still be a Backstreet Boy. (thoughts on his future)
- I liked this girl forever and a day. And we were always like best friends. But, you know those nice guys that you come talk to when you have a problem with your boyfriend? And you know those in-between dudes? That was me to her. And all this time I was falling for her. But then she decided to give me the time of day, and by then when I saw the other side, like from a boyfriend's perspective rather than a friend's perspective, I kind of didn't like her as much as I thought I did...We dated for three months, but then it was like, 'I'm sorry, but this is not working out.' And she was like, 'Huh? What?
- I think all together we gel in a way I don't think anybody else can do. You know, we're like brothers and we have respect and we argue, but we get along at the same time. We complement each other.
- Cool is just being yourself, trying not to come across as somebody that you're not.
- I don't really have a creative picture in my mind of somebody that I'm singing to. From an artist's standpoint, you're focusing on sounding good and presenting yourself well.
- Her name was Michelle. She was an 'older woman.' We were walking home from school. (on his first kiss)
- Making sure my zipper is up and my shoes are tied. (on private thoughts before showtime)
- We all join hands...it's more or less a focusing point, with us saying mentally, what we have to go out there and accomplish, what we have to do. (on rituals before going on stage)
- It takes me a while to get to know a girl..
- I enjoy being on the road because we have a lot of fun and perform. I love to perform!
- Don't forget about the Backstreet Boys.
- Sometimes I want to just get in my Jeep and drive myself home. For me to leave a show, I need an escort, an escape route.
- I can't imagine having to deal with what we have to deal with now at his age. When I was eighteen, we weren't a hot commodity. I got to ease into it. (on Nick)
- I remember having them taking me out of bed and putting me in a tub of ice to cool my body off. Then they put me back in the ice. This kept up for an hour. Then I blacked out. (on his hospital stay, aged 5)
- I learned something today. I can play ball as good as any of those guys, but none of them can sing like me. (his announcement at church when they wouldn't let him join his high school basketball team)
- I think deep down inside he feels that his contribution to the group is to be the oldest and to make sure everything is straight. That's just the way he is. But here I am, gonna be twenty-four, and I really don't need Kevin telling me what to do.
- Welcome, welcome back, we are the Backstreet Boys and we are in the back of our bus, in which Howie and A.J. gave you guys a little tour earlier from what I understand. You know, I was watching and uh proofreading at everything that they did...phfff!! Just checking...we're getting ready to crack the top 20 and we're at 21. This is Puff Daddy & Faith Evans w/ every step I take, every move I make, every single day, everytime I pray, I'll be missing you.
-Beeep ... welcome to Long John Silvers this is Brian how may i help you?
- I'm recovering very well, actually, due to the great doctors and a lot of support and love from my family and friends, not to mention all the fans and people sending me a lot of get well soon cards. I'm taking a lot of walks and getting a lot of extra care. (on his heart surgery)
- The only person I'd be really sorry to lose to is that Marilyn Manson dude.
- Have I ever snagged a fan? Well, not intentionally. One time though, I was singing I'll Never Break Your Heart on stage and went down to the audience and sang to this girl who's been staring at me the whole time. When I'd finished the song, I went to give her a kiss on the cheek, but she tried to slip her tongue down my throat, right in front of everybody! I was completely dumbstruck!
- I was dating this girl and I went to her school and put a dozen roses in her locker, so they were the first thing she saw that morning. They didn't exactly fall on top of her, but she was very surprised.
- When you like someone, put their name in a circle, not a heart, cause hearts can be broken, but circles go on forever.
- God fixed my heart, so I can touch yours.
- Don't wait for the one you could live with, wait for the one you can't live without.
- Before the show I was thinking, 'I'm not going to be nervous, it's just another show. I know it like the back of my hand.' And then, right before the curtain dropped, I was thinking, 'This is New York City! This is America. Not only is this America, this is New York City! I mean, how rough and tough can you get? How American can you get?
- What you see is what you get. I'm very personable. I'm very open. I can be very friendly, very emotional...ummm...those are just some of the qualities. I'm a comedian. I love to make people laugh.
- 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.
- I'm a shy person when I first meet people.
- I am very close to my family.
- Looks are secondary to me, I think you have to find someone who compliments you and I don't mean you'r great, I mean someone who can bring out your positives,because thier positives can be your negatives and your negatives can be their positives.
- I usually take the bar of soap with me from the hotels.
- I just totally slipped and sat there on my butt looking stunned! (on why he's sitting doing nothing at the end of the Backstreet's Back video)
- I leaned over to kiss her and I fell right out of my chair.
- I don't want to sound modest but mine is 'The Perfect Fan' because I love my mom
- They go on about the size of my nostrils and when I go to sneeze they're like, 'Whoa, hold everything down- B-Rok's gonna blow'!
- I only have $20 in my wallet because my girlfriend has the rest.
- 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 are either too hard or way too soft.
- I have two scars where I had my appendix taken out, but only the people who know me really well get to see them 'cos they're at the bottom of my tummy! I've also got a scar on my heead where I head-butted a table when I was 12
- My butt hurts.
- It stinks and it's hot...and I'm scared.
- My cat Missy was my best friend because I came home smellin like fish every night.
- He's a lunatic. He's just AJ I think he brings out the best in all of us. He's an awsome singer, just as Nick is, But AJ is an awsome singer.
- I'm very soft, you know!
- When I've got an interview I'll always try to keep smiling and provide honest answers.
- You'll probably see me riding this roller coaster...but in REALITY...I ain't gonna be ridin this roller coaster.
- We kept telling him 'You're out of the group, so STOP coming to rehearsal!
- I like the idea of romance, it's just the biggest fun when things get romantic between two people. If you really care for someone then it's right. It's the greatest feeling in the world to know someone feels as deeply for you as you do for them.
- I'm not famous, I'm just in the spot light a little more than you.
- Mom & Dad, you are always there beside me, behind me, and guiding me through all of life's ups and downs.
- Mom, I'll always be your baby duck
- I still have times when I feel shy, but when I'm onstage, I'm not allowed to be shy. I have to put on a performance because all the fans have come to see us. There's just no room to even think about being shy.
- Our friends and family help keep our feet on the ground. And with each other, we make sure to keep each other in check, so none of us develops a big head. We have to remember that our job is to give our best all the time, and not to get caught up in egos or anything destructive like that.
- I've been offered several solo projects but the simple truth is I'm happy where I'm at. There's still so much for us to achieve as a group!
- There are times when I wake up on the wrong side of the bed and I'm really grouchy. Everyone has those moods though. Generally I'm a very happy, positive person.
- If you’re a performer and an entertainer, then you always have to entertain people. So, when it’s 5.45am and you’ve been on the bus all night, you throw your hat on and run through the hotel lobby, so you don’t have to deal with the 800 people who are staked out.
- I played crappy until the last hole. (on playing golf)
- I was the one that started the whole combat. (on the lawsuit with Lou Pearlman)
- I remember looking one of our managers dead in the face and saying -- this is before the heart surgery -- 'Do you look at me as a big pile of money?
- After I had my heart operation, I understood what's important in life. You can have tons of money, but if you don't have your health, then it's not worth anything.
- Do you think I'm gay? I have a girlfriend!
- A little girl (from Europe) drove from Ohio [where she was visiting American relatives] to come visit my family in Lexington. They contacted my parents and they agreed to meet them for breakfast that day. Because she had went to all that trouble to bring a fan letter personally to my mother so I could get it, my mother would be like, 'Brian Thomas! You write that girl back!
- I never thought in a million years Id be where I am today...God has blessed me many, many ways.
- Having heart surgery, that's the most outrageous for me.
- I just decided to get on with my life and do other things that make me happy.
- To some day become a Dad, running around and chasing my kids, changing diapers. And play golf.
- Leighanne and I always have to see each other on a limited basis, and we both believe absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- We love each other a lot - we both knew this was 'it' when we met each other.
- It's OK that I'm off the market. I wasn't the one that everyone was interested in anyway!
- OK confession time- I not only miss my wife and my family but I also miss my dogs. Do you know, I talk to them when I'm away!? It's true, I phone them up and tell them, 'Don't worry, Daddy's coming home soon!' (Brian's Global Release Diary - 11.19.00)
- I'd rather be watching ESPN in my hotel room. And I was that way even before I got married.
- I went from singing in front of twenty people in a church to singing before 70,000 people at the Georgia Dome. If that's as big as it gets, and that's it, the I've touched people's lives and maybe it makes a difference. That's the way I look at it.
- My favorite gifts are BSB scrapbooks. The girls spend so much time putting them together to make them look perfect. It's fun to go through all of them, because our schedules are so hectic that we lose sight of what we've done.
- We brought home a live turkey!
- I'd rather be a hero in my son's eyes
- Gotta Go!
- Being my Son's Hero? I would take that over anything.
Source: One-Voice