Superstar Shuns Spotlight for Family, Sea, & Solitude

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<I>After Dark</I>, promises to increase his already massive following.  What's it like to be the center of so much attention?  Andy gives us a clue . . .</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Although you don't actually sing with them, your career seems closely entwined with your brothers.  Do you feel they're protective of you?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Yeah, but it's very welcome protection.  It's a very free, very developing kind of protection.  They teach me everything and let me go through a lot of little, tiny pratfalls that they know I must go through.  Yet they're always there at the right time.  They  never let me get into any really big messes, because they've been through it all before.  Of course, they didn't have any big brothers to look out for them.  I welcome their help.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  You've written songs with your brothers before.  Have you ever written with anyone else?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  No.  There have been times when it's been arranged, but I always back out.  I was set to write with Hall and Oates, but I backed out.  The only people I can write with are my brothers.  I'd be terrified to write with anyone else.  Yet the thing is, I knew I should be <I>more</I> terrified writing with them, because they are--in my mind, which I admit is biased--the very best!</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Do you write songs all the time or just at certain times when you get the urge?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  I'm not much of a constant writer, but I always have my guitar with me anywhere I go in the world.  I believe you're only good when you're in the mood.  If I feel like playing, I'll play.  When I feel like writing a song, I will.  On the other hand, my brother Barry has the urge to write every day.  He's constantly writing.  It's his main hobby.  I know I can write, but I just get lazy sometimes.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Besides your three brothers, you have a younger sister named Berry, don't you?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Actually, there's a lot of confusion about my sister.  I have an older sister named Leslie.  She's 33 and lives in Sydney, Australia.  Berry is actually my sister's daughter, so she's my niece.  When Berry was born my sister was having a hard time.  She was working, so my parents raised Berry.  She's 14 now and I've never been "Uncle Andy" or anything like that.  I always thought of her as my sister and never thought much about it until all this press started up and it got confusing.  Anyway, Berry lives with us in Miami and often travels with me.  She's interested in show business, but I'm not sure what direction she'll go in yet.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Tell us a little about what your life is like at home in Miami.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Actually, we have a very, very boring life.  We seldom see anybody and almost never go outside the gates.  The area where we all live is very secure and very private--lots of electric fences and things like that.  There are so many of us there--family, in-laws, aides and what have you--that we're never lonely.  We go to each other's houses by car and we all have big boats and spend a lot of time on them.  At night we sit home, drink tea and watch television.  That's our whole life--really very boring.  That's about it, but we like it that way.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Do you go out on dates very often?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Once or twice a month.  I rarely take the same girl out twice.  I burn bridges behind me.  I can see them getting more serious than I am.  I'm still looking for the right one.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Any ideas of what she'll be like?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  She'll be the one who doesn't care if I'm Andy Gibb or not.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Do you find it easy to meet women?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Not really, because I'm so insulated.  I never really meet anyone when I'm on tour.  Basically I just move from hotel room to concert hall in city after city--no time for sightseeing or going out.  At home I lead a pretty isolated life as well.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Living so close to the ocean, you must spend a lot of time on the water.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Yeah.  My biggest hobbies are game fishing and water sports.  I learned to slalom ski and do trick stuff when I was very young.  We have plenty of boats and jet skis and all that stuff.  I also bought a parachute that goes 300 feet behind my boat.  I've dreamed of owning one ever since I tried out a friend's in Spain.  It's terrifying at first.  You stand on the beach harnessed in and about ten people hold the chute up behind you.  The boat takes off and pulls up the slack rope.  All you have to do is take about three steps in the sand and you're instantly lifted off the ground.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  That sounds very scary, but fun!  Have you ever tried hang-gliding?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Parachuting behind a boat is very safe really.  It just seems terrifying.  I've never gone hang-gliding because it's too dangerous.  Mind you, I like dangerous things and I would have done it four years ago, but now I just can't risk it.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  You seem to have tried a number of sports.  Is there anything you haven't done yet that you'd like to try?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  I'd like to try free-fall parachuting.  I'll try that once.  If I like it, then I'll try it again!</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  Is there anything you'd really like to do career-wise?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  A TV special of my own is long overdue.  We'll be working on that this year.  It's just a matter of timing and getting it all together.  The only acting I've done at this point has been in comedy skits on variety shows like "Donny and Marie."  I'd really like to get into movies.  That's something I'll work for in the future.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  You've probably been asked this before, but there's just one more thing...</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  Blue, sincere girls, steak and eggs.</div> <bR> <div> <B>'Teen</B>:  That's not what we were going to ask, but since you volunteered the information, thanks!  What we'd like to know is, what was the first thing you bought when you began making money with your career?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Andy</B>:  I got carried away at first with material things and I bought a Ferrari--a 308 Ferrari, which was very expensive and very flashy.  I don't suppose it was money--the cost of upkeep and insurance--as much as boredom that caused me to get rid of it.  The novelty wore off.  It just wasn't the right kind of car for Miami.  I used to go out and buy all the things I wanted without thinking about it, but now I've gotten to a point where I'm more careful about spending.  It isn't a matter of cost, but now I think about whether or not I really want something before I buy it.  I've relaxed a  little and lead a more normal life, and I've begun to appreciate all the nice things again in a different way.  I want nice things later--not everything now.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>NOTE:  This is an article from a teen magazine.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>