| "Never call me Andy - it's a complete no-no. No one's ever called me that and no one ever will." "We formed on our own, have fans from age four to fifty-four, peform and sing live at our shows. This boyband labeling doesn't sit well with us at all." "Our experiences together as a group have definately been unique and it's made us closer. The way we live our lives is based on us as a group - we're a group first and individuals second." "Of course everybody wants to be successful, but beyond that we want to be respected. That's my goal." "We were sitting at home in L.A. in our two-bedroom apartment and we were trying to come up with a name for the group and we wanted the name that would create mood. So, we thought, What's hot? 98 Degrees is what we came up with." "Well, if someday I feel like doing my hair, you might see me without a baseball hat. But for the most part, I'm just too lazy." "It's kind of fun. We feel like we're pretty clean cut, good guys who don't do anything bad so it's not a big pressure. We just feel kind of privileged that people are looking at us for a bit of guidance and kind of as an example." "Me, I'm just a bum along for the ride (laughs)." "You've made my dreams come true and for that I'm eternally grateful." "Man doesn't cease to play because he grows old, he grows old because he ceases to play." "I love baseball caps, and the truth is, I'm too lazy to comb my hair." "Life at home hasn't changed at all. You still gotta take out the trashl you still gotta mow the lawn. A lot of our friends at first, at least mine, were expecting me to change. But I think they realize that I'm the same person." "I got the call, quit my job, closed my bank account, packed my car and picked up Nick at Newark Airport. Nick didn't want me to do the drive alone, and the cross-country trip gave me the time and opportunity to learn the songs." " A lot of the songs we sing are love longs. And they have to do with the heart & body temperature, which is 98 degrees." "And there's some a capella. That's where we started at. It's a soung we're very comfortable with. That's a staple to prove to people you really can sing." - (referring to 98 Degrees' remake of Michael Jackson's 'She's Out Of My Life.') "My favorite (country on tour) was Singapore because it was really clean and you knew no one was gonna get out of line." "I usually buy them to coordinate with what I have on. The most special is my Kansas City Chiefs pro model cap." - (on his baseball caps collection) "We are still the same four bums from Ohio." "Why do I wear the hat? Welll, when Nick and I were kids, he bit half my ear off." "I get to drive the Jag." "I'm so tired I'm halucinating." "I would be Shorty Spice." "I get the most fan mail written in crayon." "Who want's the lover man? You got the lover man!" "We just ignore Nick, period." |
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