'N SYNC Backstage Pass Article

Source: 'N SYNC Backstage Pass

The real:
Yo! 'N SYNC and BSB are friends! Got it?!!

Is 'N SYNC trying to be just like Backstreet Boys and trying to beat them on the charts?
Chris: "No. We're just 'N SYNC. We can both be [out] there. Both groups are doing great now. But we are smart enough to stay realistic and we don't expect that after the success of 'I Want You Back' it will be like this forever. It can all be over soon." (Break Out magazine)

What makes you different from Bacsktreet Boys?
Chris: "I like Busta Rhymes!"
Lance: "Our personalities and our live show....I think we're just five totally different guys."
Chris: "We're more R&B."

A lot of people mix the two groups up - after all, you do look a lot like BSB....
Lance: "Okay, we are five guys, too. We are also from Orlando. We [had] the same manager and we make music. But that's where the resemblance ends....We are five friends who got into this business. We did it ourselves." (Break Out magazine)

Don't fans come up and say, "I like 'N SYNC better than Backstreet Boys," or the reverse?
Lance: "That's like a total European thing. America is totally different because you can like both."
Justin: "This is our message to the whole 'N SYNC/BSB debate. You can like both and it's okay." (KIIS-FM radio, Los Angeles CA)

How can you be friends with BSB and still compete with them?
Joey: "You probably won't believe it, but we don't see Howie, Brian, A.J., Kevin, and Nick as our competition. We are really good friends now. We run into each other a lot. Sometimes we see them in Orlando...during TV shows, in hotels, or in airplanes. We always have lots of fun."
Justin: "We used to [go out together], but now all ten of us are very busy and we're always on the road. So we don't really get the chance to go out [much]. But if we are in Orlando, we meet and go dancing in a club or something." (Break Out magazine)