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Nick Jonas chatted with Star Ledger about his new band The Administration which includes the members of Prince’s New Power Generation. Nick said: 'Prince is and always has been a big influence for me. This record, especially.. The album has a raw, rock-funk feel.'


Why Nick didn't record the new songs with his brothers: 'It’s not that I thought it couldn’t be done by the Jonas Brothers. It was just about me branching out, and showing people who I am as an artist and a musician. I think all of us have individual dreams and ambitions, along with dreams as a group.

I’ll be doing some Jonas Brothers songs that I feel a personal connection to. ’A Little Bit Longer,’ a song I wrote about my diabetes, might be one. ‘Black Keys,’ from the last album (‘Lines, Vines and Trying Times’), I really like playing live. It’s all up in the air right now. But I will play the whole record by Nick Jonas and the Administration, and some covers as well, and we’ll see what happens.'

Nick Jonas & The Administration now have Merchandise up and for sale. You can find it and buy it on the Jonas Brothers Merchandise website:

Direct link to Nick Jonas & The Administration page:

If you pre-order a Who I Am album from the Jonas Brothers Merchandise website you will also recieve a Nick Jonas & The Administration Bumper Sticker. The only down side is if you pre-order and you do NOT live in the USA it will arrive at your door 2 weeks after it has been released.

Nick Jonas chatted with Daily Record about his solo career and how his brothers are handling it: 'If there's something we disagree on, we'll have a conversation about it. But it's not an immature kind of 'I'm right and I'm gonna be stubborn about it' way. We're open to each other's comments. We have a great respect for each other. And we never forget that we are family. Our common passion is music. That really binds us together.'

Wise words for all X Factor hopefuls: 'I think a lot of younger artists today just try to be famous first and a good musician or actor second. They have their priorities mixed up. Ray Charles once said, 'I don't want to be famous, I just want to be great. That comes close to our mantra in life.

A lot of fans come up to me and say, 'I'm a songwriter. I want to be a musician one day. That's what I love to hear, when somebody says, 'I want to be a musician', 'I want to be an artist', or 'I want to be an actor', as opposed to 'I want to be famous'. When you are whole-hearted about what you do in life, and I've always strived to be the best I can be, that's the attitude you should have.'

On the music he likes: 'I'm a big fan of The Zutons and Kings Of Leon. There is a bunch of bands that I like, but the Kanye West album is really great. And there is this band called Leland who are really wonderful, too.' Nick laughed when asked about having a serious girlfriend: 'At the end of the day, I'm still in high school. And to think that people are interested in my high school relationships is kind of funny. For us, we're very flattered by the fact that we have a lot of female fans. It's not bad. I'm not gonna lie.

I think we consider ourselves normal guys who are doing our best, and that's what we've been saying from the beginning. Live like you're at the bottom even if you're at the top. For us, that just means staying humble and doing your best every day. We're not saying we're perfect. Nobody's perfect, but we're doing our a best. We're just trying to do our best to make our mum proud and to be gentlemen.'

Nick Jonas & The Administration's single 'Who I Am' which had a high-profile debut on the Grammy Awards nomination show entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #73. MTV wrote an analysis on whether it's a failure of a good sign. 'The bottom line is that there's no need for Nick to panic, as there is plenty of time between now and the February 2 release date of his album Who I Am.

Since he and his brothers have established themselves as artists who drive album and ticket sales and not necessarily singles numbers, everything is still coming up Jonas.' Do YOU think Nick Jonas & The Administration will be a sales failure or will it do well in the future.. maybe even better than the original Jonas Brothers band?