So, Isaac,TAylor,Zac, there you were singing away at home when most kids were playing with mud pies in the garden.How did you know to start writing songs? Isaac:We'd been singing together so much at home that it seemed like a natural progression to start wring songs and plating instruments.. Taylor:...our songs are inspired by everydday life. When we started writing our songs we would originally write about our brothers and sisters because we saw them more than anyone else. Isaac: We'd write about everyday life,whatever we were thinking about at the time;relationships,girls... We're sorry?Girls? Taylor: yep, we've been writing songs for five years. We were writing songs about girlfriends leaving us before we even started thinking about girlfriends-and way before we even cared if they left us! Your mum and dad were gospel singers. Would they have preferred if it you'd have been choirboys? Taylor: Mum and dad were very musical. They met when they were in highschool and they sang and acted in plays at school.Yes, they were in a gospel group but definately not into alternative rock bands,although they don't mind us doing our stuff. We started out singing some gospel songs but we soon got into other kinds of music. Isaac: Our parents introduced us to 50's and 60's rock'n'roll songs and we'd sing along to them... And what about your other sisters and your brother,when are they going to join Hanson? Taylor: We've asked them if they want to join the band but they don't seem to be bothered.They're happy for us but they really want to do their own thing. If you'd have gone to public school instead of being home-schooled would it have been harder to be pop stars? Isaac: i think home shooling is definitely what's made it possible for us to sing.You can adjust your schedule but also concentrate on the things you really wan to do. if you love creative writing you could spend more time on that-y'know write a book or something. Or if you love math for some strange reason..actually i loved math until i had to do algebra,that was pretty scary! Zac:Well math is probably my favorite subject at the moment but that's coz i haven't hit upon algebra yet! Being top pop stars involves so much travelling.What do you do when you get homesick? Zac: Someone gave us this little snow dome with Tulsa, our home town, inside it. You shake it and it make snow go all over this little Tulsa. We take that everywhere we go and put it in out hotel rooms when we're on tour. Taylor: And remember, we travelled a lot when we we're younger because of our dad's job- he worked aas an oil contractor, so we have to move around a lot... Isaac: yeah, we were in Ecuador, then Trinidad and Venezuela, loads of others.. What was it like living in countries very different from your home? Zac: it was really weird! Taylor:But it was cool to see different cultures and different places we weren't confined to one small place. To see so many different parts of the world was soo cool! Zac: We got to see things that most kids wouldn't be able to see, because they're sitting in a classroom learning about it. GIRLS,FIGHTING,LEGO AND STUFF... You've always denied having girlfriends but surely at least one of you must have a snogging partner at the moment? ALL: No, we haven't Isaac: It's not the right time to have a girlfriend now. We're going to be really busy for a while and there won't really be time Taylor: Erm, yeah, but if the right girl came along... Zac: ..yeah if anyone out there wants to be my girlfriend(throws arms apart in hugging motion). Isaac: But it would be kind of unfair to the girlfriend. Zac: Yeah, you'd like see the girlfriend like once every cople of years. Can you imagine every two years for a couple of minutes?'Hi, OK,bye!' Taylor: We've been home recently so it would make it very hard for any of that stuff. But we also get to meet a lot of people... Isaac: Lots of cute girls! So if you meet lots of cute girls you must be tempted... Isaac: We've definitely thought about dating but it's not a big issue at the moment. I mean, after shows we get girls coming up to us and we'll spend an hour surrounded by them autographing things. Taylor: Yeah , and if you get a fan coming over for an autograph and you tell them you've got a girlfriend they'd be like , 'oh bummer!' Have you become used to your massive popularity? Isaac: I guess so, some of it's still weird, though! Taylor: A lot of guys want to be our friends and the girls tell us they're inlive with us. It is strange! Zac: But we know it's because we're in a band, we don't let it go to our heads! Did your mum and dad used to dress you in similar clothes when you were little? Zac:No! but when we originally started on stage we would wear all kinds of matching clothes... Taylor:...yeah, or we would color co-ordinate our clothes, but eventually we realized it was a little bit corny. We still color co-ordinate a bit but we just wear what we feel comfortable in. Isaac:Our mum and dad certainly don't tell us what to wear, we decide that! It's well-known that your favorite toy is Lego, have you ever built anything bigger than Zac? Isaac: Well, we have built some really huge castles. Very, Very huge. We made one which we put on top of a huge rock Lego platform. The castle we're doing noe is probably the biggest that we've ever done! Zac: They don't take that long to build in one go, but because we're away from home so much we have keep coming back to it Taylor: They take about six months to build by the time we've been back home a few times. You say you don't fight but you must have occasional tiff with each other, surely? Zac:Well no, I think it's because we've always been together... Taylor..we're best friends. Isaac: It's not an issue because we're brothers ans we enjoy each other's company. We do tease each other sometimes, though , like all brothers do. Taylor: Yeah like Zac will say,"i'm the drummer and I'll do whatever i want to." and because he keeps time with his drums, obviously, he'll start drumming really fast and speend us up and slow us down whenever he feels like it.We're getting used to that now, though! Do you still have to do the washing-up and stuff at home noe you're pop stars? Taylor: Nothing has changed at home really, which is really good coz it keeps our feet on the ground Zac: it stops us being copletely and utterly craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzy! Isaac: we never used to do the dishes when we were told anyway. Our parents would tell us to go and wash-up and they'd come in and we'd be sitting writing a song. You're old enough to drive back home now Isaac, have you bought a car with all your pop star dosh yet? Isaac:Well, i've been having a look. I fancy one of those 4x4 things,preferably a Jeep Cheroke. I looked at a lot of them but i didn't end up buying one.. Taylor: well you should continue looking, we all like them.. Zac:Hey! how about a Dodge Viper, Isaac? You should definitely get one of those, a dark blue one with white stripes down the middle! Isaac:Hmmm, that would be the car of choice but we're talking about what's resonable Zac! Taylor: A Viper is the car of our dreams! Are you still inlove with video games Zac? Zac: Yep! that's me! I'm the guy who love video games, I've got loads! Taylor: We all really love video games, but when zac was three he could already beat the computer at most of them! Isaac:No, Not quite Tay! Taylor: He could! I remember! Isaac:Hmmm, actually you're right. That's pretty scary! Taylor: But we do love doing other stuff too. Like we have a tree house in our back garden and when we're all there we all like playing in it, we go ice-skating-and we tons of other hobbies. we're not totally obsessed with video games and Lego!