TOP: Is your brother superstitious?
Tom: No. Except when the four of us aren't together in the same room half an hour before a show. That brings bad luck. We're very superstitious concerning that matter. We are each other's good luck charms.
Bill: Tom isn't superstitious. He does believe in destiny however.
TOP: What does he absolutely want to do someday?
Bill: He wants to go bungee jumping. We wanna try that together someday.
Tom: Bill would like to go skydiving or bungee jumping. He really wants to do that. I don't. That's playing with your life. Well, I might do it when i'm sixty.
TOP: What doesn't he share with you?
Tom: Obviously we don't share the toothbrush and stuff like that. And we never drink out of the same glass, that's disgusting.
Bill: His pants!
TOP: Do you exchange clothes?
Bill: Well, you know Tom wears those baggy clothes and I couldn't wear them.
Tom: Until we were six we wore the same clothes, so maybe we did mix up the dungarees now and then but not anymore. Never...
TOP: What's his favorite piece of clothing?
Tom: Bill doesn't have a favorite piece of clothing, but if he does after all, it's probably one of his leather jackets. Bill just reaches into his suitcase everyday and puts on whatever he gets ahold of. He looks different everyday.
Bill: His caps. Tom loves his caps he has about 20,000 of them.
TOP: What do you argue about?
Tom: We argue and discuss about something everyday. Sometimes it's about the decisions that are made concerning the band. We don't always agree with each other but usually it's just about the little things that happen everyday. For example when someone spills coffee on you and you get angry. That's what we argue about.
Bill: We often argue about little things, but that's over quickly and the next day it's all good,
TOP: What annoys you about him?
Tom: Bill sings all the time, no matter what the time or place. That's so annoying! Bill always has a song on his mind, can be one of our songs or a song he heard on the radio that he doesn't even like. Well, propably that's just what singers do, but sometimes it just gets on my nerves.
Bill: Well, we both really like discussing, but Tom always gets on about something to the very last detail and I always think to myself, "dude just come to a decision." He likes to think things aver and over.
TOP: What annoys him about you?
Tom: My funny remarks (sarcasm) but it's not only him who's annoyed by that, Georg and Gustav as well. They just can't hold a candle to me in that matter. It's like in math class when nobody can keep up with you. Sometimes I think to myself, "no, don't say it, they can't take another one." But one or two funny remarks a day are necessary, so the boys get a feeling for what's a good one. But that should do it, I mean you can't expect too much of them, and I have o give them a chance to make a funny remark too. It's a kind of learning process.
Bill: I make decisions by gut feeling and that's what annoys Tom. He's the thoughtful type. He hates when I decide spontaneously.
TOP: What people does he have deep respect for?
Tom: He doesn't have any idols, but he admired Nena ever since he was little. He really likes Green Day too and Keane is his favorite band right now. He respects all those people very much for their music.
Bill: All good musicians, especially guitarists and good rappers, cause he thinks they kick ass.
TOP: What question is he tired of hearing?
Bill: "Why do you call yourselves Tokio Hotel?"
Tom: "How did you come up with your band name?" We all are sick of this question, cause we've been asked that a hundred times already.
TOP: What does his hotel room look like after three hours?
Bill: Very organized. Well, within the mess. Tom has his own system of order and you're absolutely not to mess with it. He has a place for everything, he used to be very exact in school too. He always had his ruler ready, so his room is quite tidy too. That's important to him. I'm a bit more chaotic, but I have o say, i'm not all that untidy either. Our mother is very glad about that. We never left a place looking like a bomb had blown up.
Tom: Not as dirty as Georg's. He always leaves dirty clothes and smelly socks all over the floor. Bill has clothes everywhere, he's untidy, but not dirty.
TOP: In what way is the relationship to your parents different?
Tom: When we were little I was daddy's boy and Bill was fixated on mommy but since our parents got divorced we've spent more time with our mother. We both have always got along very well with her.
