Brian Littrell tells the story of growing up singing in church and joining the Backstreet Boys
I didn't really want to be a pop star. I didn't even want to do even Christian music. I wanted to be a youth minister or a music minister in a church. My plan was to attend Cincinnati Bible College and study youth ministry and music ministry. I visited the school and spent a whole weekend there. I love it and had my whole life planned out...
God really gave me an incredible opportunity to stand on many stages as a Backstreet Boy and talk about my faith and about how God has benefited my life.
He wandered some, but had a wake-up call
I got caught up in the success. You can just get overwhelmed with everything that's going on: answering question after question, making CD after CD, going on tour after tour. It becomes a big whirlwind, and there was a time that I felt like I could carry my life on my own...Life was great!...
I was completely fooling myself. You know you're going to fall when you try to step out on your own two feet without God's help....
At 23—during the height of my Backstreet Boys career—I underwent open heart surgery....
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