(June 30, 2008)

“I am really shy!”

 
Bravo: How are you and what are you doing?
Gustav: It is going super! I only have blisters on my hands. We are just practicing so hard for the tour. But I am really looking forward to being on the road again. It is gonna be so cool!

Bravo: Be honest: what kind of type are you?
Gustav: I rather dont make judgement about myself. Others can do that way better.

Bravo: Has all the fame changed you?
Gustav: My parents know me already for a long time (laughs) ” they say, that I havent changed a bit.

Bravo: Is it important to you to stay true to yourself?
Gustav: Yes, It is very important to me to stay myself! It just would be insane if I want yellow flowers at my concert and if there are red ones Ill just cancel the whole show! I just dont understand that.

Bravo: Stars always have someone to do everything for them. Do you have that too?
Gustav: I rather do things myself. That way I am also in control (grins)! They dont have to crawl for me.

Bravo: Also you have many female fans lying at your feet. How do you deal with that?
Gustav: I am very happy with our fans! But going with the one after the other is just not my thing. I also never have done that.

Bravo: Bill hasnt been kissed in two years, when was your last time?
Gustav: (thinks) Boah, I really dont know that anymore!

Bravo: In August 2005 you had a girlfriend for a short while
Gustav: yes! Probably around that time yes. I am also really curious if I still kiss well? I have no idea. You have to keep practicing (laughs)!

Bravo: Do you flirt?
Gustav: On one hand I am really shy, but on the other hand I really would like to have a girlfriend again. But at the moment music is just more important. That is just number one. But when I meet the right person, then there will be also room for her in my heart!

Bravo: Comparing you to your band mates, you are really quiet in interviews
Gustav: I like to be in the background. That is just my thing. But when I have an opinion about something I will say it.

Bravo: What makes you different from the other Tokio Hotel boys?
Gustav: All the others have long hair. During the last tour mine was a little longer too. But it just was to much work for me. Besides, after a while they dont fit under a cap anymore (laughs)! What else makes us different? They others are bigger and sleep longer then me.

Bravo: At what time do you get up in the morning?
Gustav: It happens that I am already awake at 6.30 hour. Then I just tell myself to go to sleep again. When I stay in bed till 9.30 hour I get mad at myself. You just ruined your day by sleeping. The others on the other hand like to sleep to late in afternoon!

Bravo: What cant you stand?
Gustav: when someone talks to me like am 63 years old or something (laughs)!

Bravo: And what do you like?
Gustav: I love the first seconds of our concert, in that few seconds you find out how much energy the crowd has!

(2008)

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Olivia Mag  2008

“I think that everyone should be how they want to be”
TOKIO HOTEL – TOM:
“Bill is my soul mate”

Tom is the more playful of the Kaulitz twins, but there’s still one thing that he’s deadly serious about:
the closeness and the love for his brother.
Also read about, how Tom’s dream girl should be and why he got his current hair-do.

Facts about Tom Kaulitz
Age: 18 years.
Born: Leipzig, Germany.
Job: Plays guitar in Tokio Hotel.
Eyecolor: Brown.
Favorite Dish: Pasta.
Interests: Parties, skateboard, graffiti.
Other: He always buys his clothes in size XXL.
Right now: The band is on their 1000 Hotels European Open Air Tour. Tom said that he is totally ready to get back into the studio and record new material, so the fans will already have something to listen to this winter, so keep your fingers crossed!

Tom performed for the first time at the age of 5 in the German tv-series “Verrückt Nach Dir” (means: Crazy About You), where he starred with Bill. But it wasn’t only the tv-carrier the got Tom’s attention. As a kid he actually dreamed about becoming a cowboy! But all that changed when his stepdad gave him a guitar, at the age of 9. The music has been the most important thing for Tom since then and he started writing his own songs right away. Later on when he and Bill started Tokio Hotel, everything else in life was pushed aside, including school.

Style and image
Tom’s style is inspired by rap and he loves caps and big pants. One of his biggest idols is the German hip hop-star Samy Deluxe, who was also Tom’s first concert. A trademark that a lot of people connect to Tom is his dreadlocks, which he got at the age of 12.

“I thought it was cool. When I was younger, I had short hair, but I got tired of always having to style it. I wanted a hair-do that was easy to take care of and looked the way it was supposed to, when I woke up in the morning. That’s why I let my hair grow and got dreadlocks.”

Tom thinks Bill dresses a little weird in his tight pants, but Tom thinks it’s really important that everybody looks the way that they feel comfortable with.

“I don’t want to change anything about myself. I think that everybody should be the way that they want to be and noone needs to change anything about themselves.”

Brother and soul mate
While Bill is seen as the kinda shy type, when answering questions, Tom is the loud joker who loves to be the center of attention and joke around. But when it comes to his relationship with his twinbrother, Tom is always pretty serious.

“I can’t live without Bill. We do everything together, we tell each other everything, we are unseperable.”
Like a lot of other identical twins, Tom feels that he has a special bond with Bill and knows how he feels, without having to talk to him.

“We don’t look like twins, but we’re soul mates. When I look at Bill, I know right away how he thinks. I can feel if he’s having problems, even if I’m not with him.”

Serious about love
Tom is known as a real player and even though a lot of people are crazy about Bill, Tom is not that far behind. Like the other guys in the band, there’s a lot of rumors about Tom having a girlfriend, but he denies right away at mention af the topic. He even says that he doesn’t think that he will ever trust a girl as much as he trusts Bill. So even though he seems like a player, love is important to him and not something you should joke about.

“I’ve been in love, but I don’t think I’ve every loved someone. Love is something rare and beautiful. But it can also suck, if the other person doesn’t love you.”

Tom’s opinion about:
Money: It’s a great bonus, but it’s not everything in life.
Friendship: Friends are super awesome to have. You need friends, eventhough it’s hard to find some who aren’t fake.
The Dreamgirl: She needs to be extremly spontaneous and fun. I need to be able to have fun with her, and it would be awesome if she wore cool clothes. It’s important that we’re able to be on the same level and of course I have to like the way she looks.
Tom in numbers:
-He owns over 350 caps!
-The 4 words that Tom thinks describes him are: laid back, spontaneous, smart and sloppy.
-He started wearing baggy-jeans at the mere age of 9.
-He is 184 cm tall.
-He got 1 piercing in his lip.

The Nielsen Company

Digital Track and Digital Album Sales Reach New Highs in 2008

Anywaaay,…  Look who is at #3  Yay TH!  You Go Boyz!!!

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