I was in the car with my friend Jeff and his little brother Aaron. We were waiting for his mom to come back from shopping and we were listening to the radio. Or so I thought it was the radio. This cool song came on and yet I told Jeff and Aaron to shut up (this was in 1995) so I could listen to the words. The catch is, Jeff had put in his Backstreet Boys CD he imported from Europe. It was the first and second albums. Here's the thing. I was a really depressed and sad, boring, dull person when I was younger. It was rare that I would smile. It was even more rare that I would laugh. No matter what anyone did I would barely smile or laugh.
Anyway, when I heard someone sing, I kinda sorta fell in love with the song. I dunno how, or why it happened, but I did. I needed to find out who sang it. So, later that week, I went to the music store and asked who sang, some of the songs Jeff told me were on the album, and the person at the counter told me, "Well, the Backstreet Boys sing those songs. They're a somewhat new group," and I smiled and asked them to give me a CD by them. So I bought that CD. (At the time I was 7 or 8 and my mom was with me.) I was in love with BSB already! Later on, people began to notice a change in my dressing my attitude and me. I would smile and laugh a lot more. In a way, BSB taught me how to smile and laugh. And yet, they brought me to who I am today. I don't know how to thank them, in words or writing or anything. I just know that deep in my heart I can do what I want, which is to sing. They inspired me to sing.
So now, I am who I am today because of the Backstreet Boys. I have 4 albums by them, a lot of videos that I have recorded by them and bought, and I have singles too. I'm still becoming a better person to this day and yet, I vow that the first words I will every say to a Backstreet Boy or to the Backstreet Boys is "Thank you." But I can't thank just one of them. It would be all of them. They all have something unique about them and I cherish those traits and so should they. Again, I say Thank You.
And even now the Backstreet Boys are helping me. There is a lot going on here, at my house, and it’s tough on me. With being able to listen to the Backstreet Boys, it makes it easy for me to pull through. Their music relaxes me and it makes me smile and think that I always have people to turn to. Or...music. But I know they're normal people. They're just like you and me. And if I could, I would thank them all for everything they've done for me.