Sindy: You obviously have a pretty strong fan base, especially young girls. Does that surprise you at all?
Tom (laughing): People always ask us to explain our German band and that's all very unusual.
Georg (laughing): I really have times where I have to tell myself: Oh yes, this is actually really happening.
Tom: Yes, and it's all because of our fans. We have the best fans in the world. They are sooo energetic. We love that so much.
Sindy: Your songs seem to have pretty strong messages teens can relate to. Is that important to all of you?
All: Absolutely!
Tom: Our proud that we did the English album Scream.
Sindy: Was it difficult to go from performing in German to English? How does affect your creative process?
Tom (laughing): Well for Georg, Gustav and me it doesn't make a difference. But for Bill it was quiet a challenge when he went into the studio to record the English mixed up for the very first time - so far he did fine.
Gustav: But it doesn't affect our creative process.
Tom: No, because Bill writes all his lyrics in German - that's his natural language and the language he can express himself and feelings the best. So our songs will be in German first and then translated.
Sindy: You all seem to have very individual style. Where did that come from?
Tom: It just developed. If you look at old pictures of us you can really see how it all started. Bill for example went to a change at all. So what you see is what we are.
Sindy: What about musical influences? Are you all fans of the same stuff? If not, how does that affect the music you make?
Tom: We always wanted to create our Green Day and Placebo - depending on his mood.
Gustav: I love the Foo Fighters and Metallica.
Georg: I listen a lot to the latest album of Jimmy Eat World and I'm still a big Oasis fan.
Tom: You see, having such a different taste we could never agree on ONE artist or ONE band. Our music was actually the music we all agreed on. And it came naturally once we started playing in our rehearsal room.
Sindy: Was there a particular show, performance or moment when you guys realized you made it?
Georg (laughing): It was not a moment where we thought: we made it. It was more a moment where we were blown away and thought: this could be the beginning of something!
Tom (smiling): Yeah, I know what you are talking about. We were booked for a little festival in 2005 - month before our first single Monsoon was released in . When the festival took place the single was still not on the market but the chaos. And we thought: Wow, this could be it!
Sindy: What's the best advice you could give to young musicians out there?
Tom (Laughing): We advice it would be: Do your own thing and play as much as you can.
Sindy: Thanks guys! Good luck with everything. We can’t wait to hear more from Tokio Hotel.
All: Thanks a lot.
Click here to find out how the band started!
