Q:You've travelled all over the world,and where did you get your best reception?

The boys:"Wembley."

Howie:"We really enjoyed it and we're gettin' ready to play there again in March."

Q:What do you hope to accomplish as a group?

Brian:"Just to make good music,respectable music,music for people of all ages to enjoy.We're not about a market or an image,we're about good quality music.We believe that as long as we forcus on the music and dont' get distracted by other things,we'll hopefully be around for a long time."

Q:What kind od impact has fame had on your lives?

Brian:"It definitely changes your schedule."

AJ:"We have less time off and we have had to get used to a lot more work.It's been lots of fun and really worth it,even if it's taken a lot of dedication and patience.But we all have strong family backgrounds.With the support of our families,friends and each other,it's been great."

Q:What is it that keeps your feet on the ground?

Howie:"The five of us."

The Boys:"Our moms."

Nick:"The best thing is that our mothers aren't afraid to tell us anything."

Kevin:"Our management and record company.Our family and friends."

Q:You come across as being very centred and showing great inner strength.Where does that come from?

Howie:"Again,that's from our families.We all come from middle-class backgrounds,hard-working whole-some people.We're all worked very hard to get where we are today andwe appreciate very much what we have.We never take anything for granted.We know that we still have a lot of goals to reach."

Q:Were you prepared for the sudden loss of privacy that comes with fame?

Nick:"We knew that was something that was going to come with the territory.But I also think we're big hams.We love the attention."

Howie:"It's not such a bad thing to have lots of screaming girls out there."

Kevin:"It was sort of starnge at first.Our popularity in Europe was so big and the number of fans was amazing.Our succes started there.We would leave Europe and have a couple of hundred fans at the airport.Then we would come home to the US and no one know who we were.Now our music and popularity in the States is beginning to grow,so that gap is getting smaller there are fewer places we can go and not be recognises.It's very exciting,but scary at the same time."

Q:How do you feel about the tabloid press?

Brian:"It's funny.When you see things in the paper at the supermarket,you wonder how it's possiblethey can write such stuff.And when you realise that what they write about you isn't true,it'e pretty hard to even look at what they write about anyone else."

Q:So many bands break up soon after their initial success.How will you avoid that?

Nick:"That's one goal which goes against the odds.But I believe that as long as we keep communicating,we will beat them."

Kevin:"There are five of us.We know that we are five individuals and we have to allow each other to be himself as well as a group.Eventually,there may come a time when we might want to take a break and each do our own thing for a while.When that time comes,we'll sit down as a group and decide what will happen."

Brian:"We'll never call it quits,that's just not possible."

Q:How do you feel about your responsibility as role models to the younger generation?

Howie:"We never set out to be a role models.We're just five guys who love music.The Man Above has blessed us with talent and we're just trying to share with the rest of the world."

Q:Music can be so healing,can't it?

The Boys:"It's the universal language."

Kevin:"Absolutely.We recieved a letter once from a woman who has recently lost her husband and she wrote that our music helped bring her and her daughter closer.That's the kind of thing that makes it worthwhile."

Q:A lot of people may say that what you're doing is easy.What has it taken for all of you to get where you are today?

Howie:"Two years od practise six days a week,small tours of schools around the States and then,after we signed with Jive records,there were three years of touring."

"People have this misconception that we do a show,go to a party,sleep in the nezt day,go shopping,lie by the pool and go do the next show.But we haven't seen that yet.Mostly,when everyone else is at the party,we're on our way to the next gig,getting there with barely enough time to shower and rehearse before going on.Not to mention the photo shoots,promotions and then interviews that have to be squeezed in between."

Q:Where do you see yourselves in the year 2000?

Brian:"Hopefully,performing for about 250,000 people somewhere.Still working together,still writing and still at the top of the charts."

Q:Why do you think people like you so much?

The Boys:"Hopefully it's the music."

Howie:"It's all about the music."

Q:What would you most like people to know about you?

Kevin:"That we've had the benefit of co-writing our songs with good songwriters and producers who we've learned a lot from-their experience has helped us to grow.That we are not just pretty faces.That we sing and that we artists who are constantly striving to get better."

Howie:"We are simply five normal guys and what you see is what you get.The people that you see on the cover of the CD are the same people that you see on the stage and,even more importantly,the same people you would meet at the side of the road.We keep it simple and honest.Honesty is the biggest part."

Q:Well,it's "fronts"that ultimately fail.

Howie:"That's why we plan on the being around for a long time."

Q:If you had a chance to spread a message to your audience,what would it be?

Nick:"Dreams.If you have one and want to succeed,just dont' give up.That's how we got where we are today.We kept striving and working and never gave up."

Howie:"We also hope to bring univeral harmony to all countries through our music and help bring them closer together.Harmony and peace."