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>> Let's head back out to the
audience.
Another question.
Please tell us your name first,
and then fire away.
>> Hi, I'm Stacey, and I guess
firstly, congratulations on
being so handsome, fellas.
(Crowd cheering)
>> That's a first.
>> Wow.
>> Awesome.
Uh, and secondly, what's your
favourite song to play live?
>> It kind of depends on the
night.
Sometimes you have a certain
night, and certain songs feel
more on fire than other songs.
I don't know.
>> Is it maybe a new song?
I mean, you got a great
catalogue to rely on, but
because it's new and it's all
kind of exciting and new stuff,
is it sometimes the new stuff?
>> Yeah, um...
>> It's really hard.
>> I mean, I'm a little biased
to "Please Don't Go Girl,"
because it's got a lot of, you
know, memories attached to it
and, you know, it's a little bit
different.
♪ Please don't go, girl ♪
♪ You would ruin
my whole world ♪
♪ Tell me you'll stay ♪
♪ Never, ever go away ♪
♪ I love you ♪
♪ I love you ♪
♪ I guess I
always will ♪
♪ Girl ♪
>> Let's head back out to the
crowd there.
I know we have another question
out there from somebody.
Tell us your name.
>> Hi, I'm Chalenie, and my
question's for Danny, actually.
We were thinking back to the
break-dancing days, and wanted
to know if you still have the
moves, and if so, if you care to
show us.
>> Oh!
>> Well, I got to have on the
proper gear to show you.
I got on boots and jeans.
>> PAUL: I brought some
cardboard, man.
I got some cardboard.
>> Yeah, and it's a rug here,
but I've done it on tour since
we've gotten back together, and
maybe I'll do it on this next
tour.
That was my first, like, kind of
introduction to performing, was
learning to break-dance.
And me and Jordan actually would
battle against each other.
He was in, like, a different
crew than me.
And it's kind of how we got to
know each other.
This was even before the group.
And then the group formed and,
you know, it was kind of weird
being in the same group with
him.
>> Like, you supposed to be in
another crew, man.
How you in my crew?
Then we hugged, and it was good
from that day.
>> They had to put their
switch combs away.
No, but I think that's a good
story.
You learn a lot, you know, over
the years.
But didn't you say that-- Well,
Donnie asked you to be in a
group and you're like, "I don't
know."
And then when you found out
Jordan from the other crew was
in it, you were like, "Wait a
minute."
>> No, no, I found out Jon was
in the group.
>> Oh!
>> Because I didn't know much
about Jon.
I knew more about Jordan.
And Donnie said-- No, Donnie
said Jon's auditioning, and he
said, "You should come."
And I was like, "All right, I'll
come."
>> Nice.
>> I wasn't really into it in
the beginning.
But thank God.
Whoa.
>> Word up.
>> It's quite incredible when
you-- Kids, at that age, aren't
thinking about the rest of their
lives.
They're not thinking about
careers.
You're not thinking about, you
know, being on tour and having
families, and bringing children
into the lives of showbiz, and
doing all of that stuff when you
sign on.
You say, "Yeah, that sounds like
a good idea.
Let's go have some fun."
Right?
But you guys have done that.
You unwittingly, at that time,
kind of made a big
life-effecting choice, didn't
you?
>> That's true, this is true.
Actually, when I first
auditioned and Maurice, our
producer then, he was like,
"Yeah, man, you're cool, you can
be in the group."
I went home and told my mom.
I was like, "Yeah, Ma, he said I
could be in the group, but I
don't know.
I don't really-- I'm not
really-- I don't know if I want
to be famous or even try to be
that kind of thing."
And she was like, "Boy..."
(Laughing)
She convinced me to stick with
it, and she said, "I think this
is something good for you."
>> Why do you think she did?
Why was she supportive of that?
>> I just think she thought it
was something positive, and it
was something that I had inside
of me.
You know, I was singing since I
was really little, and she knew
that, you know, it was what I
should be doing instead of
messing around on the street or
doing whatever.
She thought it was a good,
positive path.
So she really pushed me in that
direction.
ours forever.
I know that your folks were all
big parts of-- They got to know
your folks.
Your mom, of course, you got the
great foundation in her memory.
Was it always universal
acceptance and support across
the board from everybody in your
family?
>> Not so much for me, honestly,
because I had a four-year
scholarship to Boston University
at the time for academics.
And I remember when I was
leaving, my dad telling me,
"You're never going to make it."
I don't think I've ever told
that story.
But why I'm telling it is
because my dad was a very strict
parent, and he really...
I learned from him.
Like, now I admire him, because
I've seen him change over the
years.
And he's still, like, one of the
parents that goes on our cruise
every year.
Is, like...
He's, like, the ambassador for
the group.
He's like-- Oh, he's
socializing.
And he, later on, after a few
years, came back and told me,
you know, "I was wrong."
You know, "I'm really proud of
you."
And to this day, every time I
talk to him, he's like, "I'm so
proud of you."
It's just proof that people can
change, even in the later stages
of their lives.
>> And I'm sure now as a parent,
you can understand his
hesitation, right?
I mean, if you have kids--
>> If my son came to me and
said, "Dad, I want to go to
college and work really hard and
get great grades," would I
accept that or would I accept,
"Dad, I'm joining a rock band;
I'm going to be famous"?
You know, I'd be more like,
"Maybe you should do the college
thing," you know what I mean?
Because it's such a long shot,
really, you know?
>> So you get where your dad was
coming from with that.
He was just looking out for you.
>> Yeah.
I mean, I have a son that's--
He's a musician, and he just got
accepted into Berklee, in
Boston.
>> Congratulations.
Wow, yeah.
>> But he knows.
Like, I've told him we're like
the lottery ticket, and we've
won the lottery twice.
So it's very, very rare.
>> So you stand no chance.
>> No, no, I don't say that.
I back him up.
I paid for his guitar lessons
over all the years, and I
support him.
But I just tell him, you know,
"You got to keep-- The Plan A
is, you know, your academics and
the Plan B is the music."
>> And you got to do it because
you love it, you know what I
mean?
You got to...
>> You got to be all in, baby.
>> You got to do it because you
love to do it, you know what I