Let’s get one thing straight about Nick Jonas’ story. He may have gone solo, but it wasn’t to get away from his brothers. He, Kevin, and Joe—collectively, the teen pop-music sensation the Jonas Brothers—are still very much together. They recently sang with one another on “We Are the World,” they’re currently filming the second season of their Disney TV show, JONAS, and they’ll tour as a trio this summer.

“We make decisions together—even when we’re doing things individually,” Nick, the youngest Jonas Brother, says. “Going into my first solo album, it’s good to know that they were excited. There’s been a good vibe from the get-go.”

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Few know that Nick’s solo career actually started the worldwide Jonas Brothers phenomenon back in 2003 when a song by the 11-year-old singer-songwriter caught the attention of Columbia Records. Its execs loved the sound of the three boys together, and the rest is teen-idol history. So, when his new band, the Administration, launched its first album in February, the Jo Bros were his biggest boosters.

Nick, now 17, likes to tease that his new band’s name is a warning to anyone in the Oval Office that the teen singer is aiming to sit behind that desk. In fact, he’s met President Obama and performed at the White House. Nick is such a serious guy that his family calls him “Mr. Prez.” “It was a joke at first,” he says. “Then, I thought, ‘Man, it actually would be cool to run for President one day.’

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“I’ve always been quite driven,” he adds. “I take after my father. He’s a driven person. He’s also a leader. He does a great job as a mentor to all of us.”

Every Jonas fact is a collectible gem for female fans. Golf is Nick’s favorite sport, and he loves to play softball, though he has to be careful about injuries. At present, he’s sipping a Diet Coke: Jonas followers will tell you that he’s had to be careful about his sugar intake since being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2005. Yes, he dated Miley Cyrus, and now they’re friends. Yes, he’s been spotted with Selena Gomez, another Disney teen queen, but, he swears: “It’s a lot more boring than anyone wants to think.”

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“Look at my brother Kevin,” Nick says, dodging the question with a sly grin. “He just got married, so now we have a sister.”

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Nick’s family is known for adhering to Christian values, and he insists that talk about his “purity ring” (which proclaims his virginity) or his religious beliefs is off-limits. “We like to keep some things private,” he says. “We appreciate it when people respect that. Everyone has a right to his own business.”

Nick got into show business early. By 8, he was acting in Broadway productions like Beauty and the Beast and Annie Get Your Gun. He and his brothers were home-schooled, and, no, he doesn’t think he missed a “normal childhood.”

The new solo album was Nick’s chance to express himself. He says that fans who want to find out every detail about him can learn the most from listening to the songs he writes, such as “Who I Am.”

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“That song is about someone loving me for who I am,” he says. “It’s saying that it’s important for me to be comfortable with myself first. One of the biggest things I think people struggle with, even at my age, is self-confidence—feeling comfortable in their skin and wanting to find someone who loves them for that.”

Nick already has plenty of money and fame. What he’s looking for now, with his solo effort, is respect. “I hope my peers in music and my friends are liking it,” he says. “I hope they can see my growth in music. It’s a dream of mine to win a Grammy one day.”

He laughs. “I’m not saying I’m Grammy-worthy, but it would be a dream come true.”

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Hans korta svar var: ” jag vet inte hur man gör det”

While ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez has revealed that she once changed herself for him, it looks like the same won’t happen to Nick Jonas. Asked by Popstar! if he has or would ever changed anything about himself for a girl, the 17-year-old simply said ”No” before confessing, ”I can’t I don’t know how to do that.”

The one-third of the Jonas Brothers went on that his passion for the moment lies in music. ”Right now it’s just sort of all about this music experience for me and a lot of things fall second to that,” he admitted. ”It’s just what I’m passionate about. It’s about surrounding myself with people who understand that that’s what’s important to me.”

Speaking about changing look, the singer who recently launched his side project Nick Jonas & The Administration opened up that it is the essence of his song ”Last Time Around”. He explained, ”Well, the story in the song is you show up in this place and you see someone who’s kind of changed their look.”

”And they’ve changed everything about themselves, whether it’s because they’ve become more confident or they’ve come into their own, whatever it is,” Nick elaborated further. ”And you see them and introduce yourself and don’t realize that you’ve already met them. It’s like, let’s get back to that. Let’s get back to that moment where ‘you hair was long and the grass was greener.’ ”

As for Selena, the star of Disney’s ”Wizards of Waverly Place” spilled to M magazine about her previous split from Nick. In an interview done before the twosome were rumored rekindling their romance earlier this year, she admitted, ”I lost myself for a second. I had friends and family tell me I had changed, but I didn’t see it – until I was broken up with.”

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