MTVRock: SPOILED97 asks: What's their next CD/cassette going to be like???

Howie: The next single is going to be As Long As You Love Me.
Kevin : If your wondering about the new album...We're currently writing and on the 4th, we go to Stockholm, Sweden...to record some tracks with Denniz Pop and Max Martin.

MTVRock : Dazlover asks : Do you ever wish that you hadn't gotten into the music biz?

Howie : Never, it's the best thing that ever happened to me.
Kevin : Music will always be a part of my life.

MTVRock: BabybeanE asks : Are you going to put "if you stay" on any album?

Howie : It was on the "Booty Call" soundtrack, it might be a "b" side to an upcoming single.

MTVRock: Buzzbin31 asks : Do you ever get wary of all the attention?

Kevin: Sometimes you would like to go unnoticed. But overall, we're all pretty much hams and we love the attention.

MTVixen: Yidda100 asks : Are you planning to release "Everybody" here in the US? Great track!!! Love the remixes as well.

Howie: It might be a bonus track on the upcoming single or on the nest album.
Kevin: We would like you and everybody you can muster up to voice your opinion...to radio stations...and possibly...our record company...because we're comtemplating releasing it in the States...and on the next reprint.
Howie: of the album adding the track.

MTVixen: The others will be along in a moment!

MTVRock: BeatleKrz asks: How did you come up with the name Backstreet Boys?

Kevin: Backstreet Boys comes from the Backstreet Market in Orlando, Florida...it's like a flea market when it's not a flea market, it's a big parking lot...where people hang out. But now they've built a new building on the lot. So it no longer exists. Nick has entered the building!!! AJ is in the house.

MTVRock: Mandi6308 asks: Do you have girlfriends?

AJ: No, but we do date.
Nick: Um...no but we date.
Kevin: No serious relationship right now...

MTVixen: N10818 asks: (about computing) Do you guys do this often?

Kevin: Not often enough.
Howie & AJ: Not as often as we'd like to.
Nick: I love to play video games...so I do it alot online.

MTVRock: ENTGATR asks: What are your ages?

Howie: 24
Nick: 17
AJ: 19
Kevin: 26 tomorrow actually. Brian's 22, but he's not here.

MTVixen: MOONWLK18 asks: When is the video for "I'll never break your heart" coming out in the US??? I love that song!

Kevin: That won't come out until we release it as a single.
Nick: Ditto.

MTVRock: Vambuffy asks: Kevin, how does it feel to be best friends and not get on each other's nerves?

Kevin: We get on each other's nerves all the time...that's what makes people closer.
Howie: He ain't lying.

MTVixen: KrazySpic asks: What's gonna be your guys' next US T.V. appearance?

All: The Today Show on Saturday, October 4th...
Howie: The Today Show - this Saturday, 10/4.

MTVixen: LKT17 asks: What is your favorite sports?

Kevin: Football and basketball
AJ: Billiards
Nick: Baseball and football
Howie: Waterskiing
Nick: and basketball

MTVRock: ILuvNick8 asks: Omigosh! I can't believe I am sending a message to the hottest looking guys in the world. I just have one question: has being famous musicians changed any of you in any way?

Kevin: First of all, thanks for the compliment...
Howie: Omigosh, I can't belive we're responding back to the hottest on-line guest.
Kevin: Travelling all around the world has changed our general outlook...on the world.

MTVixen: AnimlRite asks: What is your reaction when girls run up to you and do all the stuff they do?

Nick: What are you talking about?
AJ: I'm flattered and what guy wouldn't want a bunch of guys screaming at him? Howie: Mistake by the typist - what guys wouldn't want a bunch of "girls" screaming at him.

MTVRock: Takaja asks: What influences the lyrics you guys write?

Kevin: Anything...something that happens to you during the day...a girl you might meet...
Howie: Experiences in our past.
Kevin: something a friend might say...problems you're going though.
AJ: Personal experiences on a day-to-day basis.
Nick: Yep

MTVRock: Mickey840 asks: When was the first time you guys all met up with each other?

Kevin: May of 1993
Howie & AJ: We all met first time May of 1993
Howie: Nick, AJ and myself met and then Kevin and Brian came along later.

MTVixen: Poetr5179 asks: Do u all like doing photo shoots?

Howie: Yeah, they can be fun.
Kevin: At first I loved it...now sometimes it gets monotonous...but, it's fun when we do creative stuff..

MTVRock: Angie 020 asks: First of all, you guys are really hot (especially Nick), anyway, what do you look for in a girl?

Nick: Basically somebody who can put up with our crazy schedule.
Howie: I look for someone with a great personality and a lot of self-confidence.
Kevin: Obviously she'd have to be someone I was attracted to...but not only physically, but personality, sense of humour, intelligence...
AJ: Spontaneous, outgoing, good personality - I love long nails.
Nick: Don't believe AJ

MTVRock: AGATE4T asks: Backstreet Boys - What singers influences you the most? Keep up the good work.

Nick: A singer from a gorup called "Journey" Steve Perry...also KC-I and JoJo.
AJ: Groups like the Temptations, New Edition, especially Boyz to Men, and other vocal harmony groups.
Kevin: Prince...Elton John...Sting...vocal groups like Boys II Men...New Edition...The Temptations.
Howie: John Secada, Philip Bailey, and Bobby Brown.

MTVixen: SKoop7628 asks: Do u guys have any animals or rodents?

Kevin: Nope. I wouldn't be able to take care of them, becoz I'm never home.
AJ: I have two dogs, a daschund at my parents and at mine, I have a cross between.
Nick: I have two cats...three dogs...and some fish.
AJ: a boxer and rhodesian ridgeback and her name is Delilah!
Nick: German sheppard and his name is "Sampson"...
Howie: My sister has Pekenise and Hymalian cat.
Nick: Small Schnauzer named "Pepper"...also a Golden Lab named "Simba" also I made a mistake...I have one more cat...their names are "Bandit", "Sugar"...and "Rocky".

MTVixen: Who knew there was so much fur-lovin' in this group!

MYVixen: VickiPosh asks: What is your most unusual habit?

AJ: I pick the skin off my fingers.
Nick: AJ likes to tell tall tales...
Howie: I don't have any bad habits.
AJ: He sleeps anywhere, anytime of the day.
Kevin: When I concentrate, like when I'm reading...or playing keyboard...I sometimes chew my tongue...

MTVRock: Luvbush29 asks a question about NYC: So, what's your favorite thing about being back in NY??

Howie: The dirty water, hot dogs, and NY pizza.
Nick: The weather.
Kevin: The energy of the city. The clubs.

MTVixen: Coolio132 asks: Did you ever work with Puff Daddy?

Kevin: No, but I've met him.
AJ: No, but we would like to.
Nick: Me and Puff go way back.
Howie: I met him along with Kevin.
AJ: Yeah Nick, Puff the Magin Dragon.
Nick: No really AJ.

MTVRock: Tabbyr asks: How did u get ure nicknames?

Nick: What nicknames...
Howie: The guys call me Sweet "D" because they say they have a big heart.
Nick: Awww, that's so sweet Howie.
AJ: The guys call me bone because I'm skinny and I wear a lot of jewlery.
Kevin: Brian got his name "B-Rok" because Rok is another name for basketball, and he's a basketball fanatic.
Howie: It was tribal vodoo bones that AJ wore.
AJ: and our security guard stated calling me that.

MTVRock: Alea99 asks: What is the funniest thing that has happened to you on tour?

Howie: I fell of stage one time.
Nick: AJ got caught up in Obie who is our percussionist player.
AJ: I brought our percussion section down, the whole thing crashed on stage.
Nick: AJ got his shirt caught up in our percussionist players' cymbals, and knocked the whole set over during a show. In Hamburg at a show...the airport made our mics malfunction. At the time...it sucked, but now it's kinda funny.

MTVixen: Babygir96 asks: What do you guys think about before you go on stage?

Kevin: Putting on a good show.
Howie: About being prepared. Making sure that we have our mics and all of our clothes on us.
Kevin: get excitied, nervous, lots of adrenaline...
Nick: I think about what I ate.
AJ: Making sure my zipper is up and my shoes are tied.

MTVRock: Girltalk7 asks: How long do you plan to keep singing?

Howie: As long as you love me.
Kevin: Awww, Howie how sweet.
AJ: How creative
Nick: Until we can do a cane routine.

MTVixen: Boombastc asks: What really irritates you guys?

Kevin: Racism...
Nick: Liars...
AJ: People that are pushy, and disrespectful people...
Kevin: When you're eating and people leave one cookie or chip in the bowl.
Howie: When people call me AJ. People who are selfish irritate me, people who think about themselves.

MTVRock: MegaCutie asks: If you could do something else other than sing, what would you do?

Howie: Be an actor.
Nick: Howie stop lying.
AJ: I would be a dancer with circus monkeys.
Howie: I'm not lying Nick.
Nick: I would be the monkey's trainer.
Kevin: Music will always be a part of my life...but, I would probably pursue film and TV.

MTVixen: SnapPop94 asks: Ok, here is one, what is the weirdest date you've ever been on???

Kevin: They've all be pretty weird.
AJ: I went to a counrty line dancing bar.
Kevin: Been. my typist is crazy.
Howie: I took a date to see Ms. Saigon in Germany and I didn't understand anything.
Nick: WHAT. I didn't know about that.
Howie: Nick, there's a lot you dont' know.
Nick: ........

MTVRock: AXE FAN 1 asks: Saw you in NYC Tues. after driving from VA...AJ, I noticed at the van the fearful look in your eyes when the girls kinda rushed the van...what goes through your mind when that happens after that whole ordeal in Montreal?

AJ: I don't like riding in vans.
Howie: I hate liars.
Nick: I agree with Howie.
AJ: They can't feel my pain.
Kevin: It's gettin' deep in here.

MTVOnstage: TessaLea asks: Did you all think about producing yourselves ever?

Kevin: Yes. We co-produced most of our stuff on the new album as far as vocals go. Brian wrote a song called "That's What She Said"...on the new album.
Nick: But of course, I wrote everything...
Kevin: Yeah, in your dreams.

MTVRock: QTLIKEME1 asks: What is your favorite celebrity that you have met?

Howie: John Secada and bow-legged Lou from Full Force.
Kevin: It's hard to pick just one. Some of my favorites...Boyz II Men, Sting...
AJ: Maxwell, No Mercy, and Chicago, and Az Yet
Nick: Howie, what about David Hassellhoff...Ha! That's Howie's favorite...
Howie: Uh, uh, uh, uh, I don't think so.
Kevin and Nick: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Nick: he said he was goin' to "Pump Us Up".

MTVixen: ManicGrrl asks: Who's your fav celebrity you'd like to date Nick?

Nick: Christina Ricci...Robyn...
Howie and AJ: we thought you always like Barney
Nick: You're not funny.

MTVixen: We are all outta time, we certainly got to know AJ, Nick, Kevin, and Howie of Backstreet Boys tonight! Be sure to check out their concerts and CD (self-titled). Thanks to the Backstreet Boys for joining us here in the MTV Arena.

MTVRock: Thanks so much guys!

Nick: We'll be back...

MTVixen: We'd love to have you here again!

Howie and AJ: Thanks for all your support, hope you enjoyed this, we can't wait to see you.

Kevin: Thanks for all your continued support. Hope you enjoy the album. Peace and Love. It's been real! I'm out.

MTVixen: Goodnight.