ChatYahoo: Welcome to Yahoo! Chat...in just a few minutes we will be chatting with NICK! Send in your questions now! We will try to answer as many as we can.....The Backstreet Boys are in Portland tonight for a concert...they are doing the sound check right now. Nick will be chatting live from the concert venue. He is the third BSB to chat this summer....we chatted with A.J. a couple of weeks ago.

ChatYahoo: Last night the BSB boys were in Yahoo!'s home town of San Francisco and so we went with A.J., Kevin and Howie to Phantom of the Opera. A.J. told us in his last chat that he had never seen it. I hear that everyone had a terrific time! We also saw their concert in San Francisco---they ROCKED!

ChatYahoo: Nick is Here!!!!!

ChatYahoo: Welcome Nick!

Q: Nick, you're great!!! I love you. Do you ever feel like you missed out because you never played high school sports, attended the prom, or went to graduation because you were tutored?

Nick: Of course I do. I think it was a definite sacrifice to make in order to do this...But at the same time I wouldn't give this up for the world, but again as I've said there are things I wish I could've done.

Q: What would you do if you only had twenty four hours to live?

Nick: I would play some Nintendo! No... I would call anybody everybody I knew...I would just try to have a whole day with everybody I knew so I could see them one last time.

ChatYahoo: What would be the song you would want to sing on that day?

Nick: I would have to sing, it's a church song I used to sing with my great grandfather who passed away. It would be Amazing Grace. I used to sing it with my great grandfather. He used to play the organ in church and I used to sing when I went over to his house while he played.

Q: Nick, Why did u cut your hair???????

Nick: Well, you must be talking recently...but I didn't cut my hair, well I did, I had to trim it down because it was getting way too long.. in the Teen People issue people were saying how it was way too long and I was getting kind of tired of that. Plus, summertime came around and it was getting way too hot.

Q: Who's Your Fave Spice Girl?

Nick: I don't have a favorite Spice Girl, simple as that :) They were cool enough for what they are, but I never really got into them all that much.

Q: What is the worst part being famous?

Nick: I'm never really home that much .. I'm always touring and I really don't have a chance to relax chill and do nothing. Recently I did, but we're always touring.. so really being home and seeing all my family and friends.

Q: Where's the best place you've ever traveled since being in the Backstreet Boys?

Nick: I dont know.. Austrlia was really nice. Spain was really nice.. Pretty much just places that have been on the beach. I like the ocean, so that's probably why I really like those places so much.

Q: What do you really look for in a girl and be honest does good looks, and a good body really matter?

Nick: I think a girl should, in general what I look for is somebody who can handle the pressures and things that I do. A lot of the reasons we don't have girlfriends is because of all the pressures we undertake.. I mean you have to be attracted to a person, but you can put a not so good looking girl next to a gorgeous girl and if the not so good looking girl has a better personality, then you'll go that way. Some people will say "yeah right"

Q: what is your favorite animated cartoon show?!

Nick: Just recently I went to the movie Quest for Camelot.

Q: Who's the most crazy, Brian, AJ or you?

Nick: I think AJ is crazy. If you wanna put someone as crazy, it's him.. He's got a very big outlook on life.. he does anything he wants to do.. he colors his hair.. he's just a crazy cool type of guy.

Q: What are you wearing at the moment?

Nick: I'm wearing a warm up suit and Nikes.

Q: What is it like being the youngest in the group?

Nick: I get a lot of slack sometimes.. the guys pick on me alot cause I'm the youngest but that's the role that younger brothers play you know what I'm saying?

Q: Hi Nick!! Have you ever gone skinny dipping? And if not will you ever?

Nick: Yeeeaaaah I have, but I was by myself.. my parents were gone and I was like "why not?"

Q: Who is the coolest celebrity you've met so far?

Nick: Henry Winker -- the Fonz -- he was a really cool guy.

Q: If you could sing a duet with anyone, who would it be?

Nick: I would do it with Steve Perry.

Q: How do you think you have changed since becoming so famous?

Nick: I'd like to hope that I haven't changed. If any one tells me that I have, I try to fix it. I want to stay the same. I don't consider myself any better than anyone out there and just want to continue doing what I'm doing and enjoying what I'm doing.

Q: If you could have a super power for a day what would it be and why?

Nick: I would have to have the ability to clean up the ocean. To help the world in some way.. if that question was asked to somebody they'd say I'd love to have super jumping powers, I'd like to give back to the world, and if I can't do that I'd want to do something else for it.

Q: What is the name of Nick's new pupppy??

Nick: My new puppy.. I actually had two pugs and their names are Mikey and Willie and got a new one named Houston, because I got her in Houston. I sent her home from the road, because she was a real small puppy and it wasn't good for her out there.

Q: Does BSB ever chat online with fans incognito?

Nick: Yes they do.

Q: First of all, I wanna say hi! My name is Isabelle, I'm 16 and I'm from quebec... my question is : Nick do you believe in love at first sight?

Nick: I dont know, I think you'd have to experience it first. I haven't had that yet.

Q: What is your biggest fear in life?

Nick: My biggest fear in life would have to be... well I really can't stand sharks although I'm fascinated by them. Well not that I can't stand them, but my fear is being in the water and being attacked by them. But I'd really have to say flying, I hate flying...if there's an opportunity to take a bus or fly, I'd rather take a bus. I don't want to step on a plane where you don't have control...

Q: If you were a girl, which backstreet boy would you like the most?

Nick: I'd have to say... probably none of them. ...LOL...

Q: What did you do to celebrate your 18th birthday?

Nick: Just a nice cake and that was it.

Q: What is your most prized possesion?

Nick: I have a lot of prized possessions... my beanie baby collection.. I collect beanies like crazy. I have a lot of them...about 102 or something like that.. but I'm trying to get the whole collection which is really hard.. so if anybody out there can help me ;-) Also, I collect comic books.. the only ones are Aliens and Predator. But my most prized possession would be my family.

Q: What was your big break into music?

Nick: When I met the fellas.. that was the big break... the actual starting of a long time, hopeful, success.

Q: What cd have you worn out the most playing?

Nick: Hmmmm...I've probably worn out some Journey CDs like crazy.. I played Raised on Radio forever...Also I played out -- not a lot of people like it, but the Hammer album .. The Funky Headhunter album.. I played it so much I ruined that CD...then I bought another one and lost that one...and lost another one, so I've contributed to the Hammer foundation :-) I used to play it when I played video games a lot.. but that's me, I'm a weird person ;-)

Q: What's it like on the tour bus?

Nick: Can be hectic, very claustrophobic, can be fun at times when you can play video games in the back. That's the best.. I love playing video games.

Q: What video did you have the most fun making?

Nick: Probably BackStreet's Back.. although it was really long.. it took 3 days -- day and night we were working...it was hectic but it was fun.. I mean when you saw the final cut.

Q: Sara 15, UK What's the craziest rumour you've ever heard about yourself or the band?

Nick: Craziest rumor... Well... I can name a series of rumors.. I would like to start off with everyone thinking I was gay. I'm not gay. Also that I was leaving the group.. I'm not. I heard another one that I was kicked off the tour on the way to the show -- don't know how that could happen.. That's a couple of them.

Q: HI NICK I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WATCH ANY SPORTS AND IF YOU DO WHICH ONES AND WHICH TEAMS, OH YEAH ONE MORE THING DO ANY OF YOU WATCH WRESTLING?

Nick: I love wrestling. My favorite team is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.. I happen to be from Tampa, might as well support the team... as a matter of fact right now they're playing Miami -- we're gonna kick their butts. And I like the Oakland Athletics.. and I'm rooting for McGuire. And, also I've been looking for a green Oakland A's batting practice jersey for years!

Q: Why did Kevin throw you out of the dressing room in your green undies?

Nick: Cause he was a meanie head! No, what happened was, I dont know.. sometimes.. like I said, they pick on me alot!

Q: Would you ever pose for Playgirl?

Nick: I dont think so. Come back and ask me that question in 10 years

Q: What the best part of preforming?

Nick: Actually seeing all the happy people out in the audience enjoying your music.. and having fun doing something you love.

Q: Hey Nick! I was just wondering if the ring on your right hand middle finger is from someone special?

Nick: It's a promise ring from a best friend of mine -- just to be friends.

Q: I love BSB's music because it is about a real love for music and the fans. What do you think makes BSB's music unique?

Nick: I think it's a music of different types of music. It's a mixture of R&B, pop and dance music. There are a lot of people out there who like variety. There's even a bit of a rock edge on the allbum.. I like Metallica, Nirvana, I like Snoop, R Kelly -- all different types of music, Journey.

Q: What's your next video gonna be?

Nick: We dont know yet. We pretty much don't have a next video yet.

Q: What is the funniest thing that has happened this US tour so far? :)

Nick: Well.. there was one show where I ripped the back of my pants out...and we had ducked down, done a move or something, it felt like it ripped, but I was like "maybe not"... but then I felt this breeze coming up from somewhere and I put my hand back there and I could actually touch my whole butt! That was pretty bad.

Q: Nick,what kind of pizza is your favorite?

Nick: Cheese, lots of cheese, tons of cheese. I'll never forget, we were up in Canada somewhere and me and Brian were up watching a Dodgers game or something and the pizza we ordered had cheese and inch thick! It was gooey and cheesy! And then Piazza hit a homer to win the game -- it was pretty cool. And at that time we were calling Mike Piazza "pizza face" because of his name.

Q: Describe a typical day.

Nick: There is type A, type B, Type C. Type A would be a normal tour day -- you sleep from 11 at night, you just did a show, and then you sleep all the way until noon, 2 or 3. You wake up, pack and get on the bus and travel to the venue, then you do it all again. Then there's type B, a promotional tour which is hell on earth -- well it can be fun too...but you're traveling all different places and working all hours of the day doing photo shoots, television shoots... etc. Then there's type C: The day off. Which you just gotta love! :)

Q: Do you cook?

Nick: I can cook. I can cook seafood -- I love seafood. I also can cook Campbell's -- it's a great helper when it comes to cooking. Put it in the pot and it's done... You'd think I was a chef --Chef Boyardee!

Q: If you were abducted by aliens who were going to erase all of your memories except for one, which one would you pick to keep?

Nick: I would pick to keep --- wow WOW what a question! I'd probably have to say .. I would pick...Darnnit... You've got me brain struck! I'll have to get back to you on this one.

Q: Will you marry me??

Nick: I dont know. You better think about that before you send that. :)

Q: What is your favorite movie?

Nick: Aliens and Big Trouble in Little China.

Q: What is the sweetest thing a fan has ever done for you?

Nick: I got a go cart for Christmas.

Nick: Well, what can I say... Hmmm...I would personally love to answer each and every one of you guys' questions...but unfortunately, I have to go and take care of some business. :)

ChatYahoo_Lisa:Thanks for joining us Nick! The next BSB chat is on Tuesday.....check chat.yahoo.com for the time and who will be chatting! Chat is over! Thanks for joining us!