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So the entire Jonas clan is here--
Nick, Joe, and Kevin brought along their mom, and dad,
and youngest brother, Frankie.
Hi, Frankie!
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What makes this family so extraordinary
is how they keep their feet on the ground in the midst
of all of this hoopla.
They let us come and visit the morning of a big concert.
Take a look.
Morning, Kevin.
It's Mom.
This is your wake-up call, babe.
Good morning, Nicholas.
How are you doing today?
How'd you sleep?
Now, we'll try to wake up Joe.
A lot of times, you have to call back several times.
[LAUGHTER]
Are you awake?
OK.
Thank you.
Can you please get up and get your shower?
I'll call back in a little bit to check on you.
Good morning.
Room service.
We thank you so much for this food.
Bless this wonderful day back in New Jersey.
Amen.
Yeah.
Now, we're having breakfast together as a family
this morning, which is rare.
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[LAUGHTER]
DENISE JONAS: We like to take advantage of that time,
if we can.
I need to run through the schedule.
- Sup? - Am I playing drums tonight?
Excuse me, guys. Your dad is talking.
Please listen. [INTERPOSING VOICES]
OK. Sorry, Dad.
The bus is going to arrive at 12:15.
We're going to go to Wyckoff.
Then we're going to go to Little Falls.
So we arrive at Izod at basically 3 o'clock.
4 o'clock, you have your drum check.
OPRAH WINFREY: Tonight is a concert in their hometown
in front of 15,000 fans.
They've come a long way.
The difference between now and then is that, back in the day,
we were like, how cool would it be if we can record an album?
Like, Dad, do you think that we'll ever get a tour bus?
DENISE JONAS: And I would have made you breakfast.
And you would have made us breakfast--
your waffles would have been way better.
It's still on the same family, you know--
And everybody's talking at once.
KEVIN JONAS: Yeah.
DENISE JONAS: That hasn't changed.
Every night, when I watch them, I'm
in awe that they're using their gifts-- and such excellence,
and such joy.
We've always lived our life not to be rigid and really,
like, let our capacity be great.
And I think it's rubbed off on them
and they've just lived their lives that way.
They don't let it go to our heads.
And so, you know, we've always learned to stay humble and--
Live like you're at the bottom even if you're at the top.
We're not raising boys.
We're raising men, and fathers, husbands.
It's very important to us that they can live their dreams.
But the first priority is that they're good people.
OPRAH WINFREY: Whoa.
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That's really good.
Kevin and Denise, what's this been like for you?
Crazy--
OPRAH WINFREY: Crazy!
--fulfilling, exciting--
OPRAH WINFREY: Yeah.
--just amazing.
Amazing.
And how have you managed?
Do you often eat dinner, or breakfast, or eat together?
Not as often as we used to, but we do seize
those moments if we have them.
And our dinner time now is after a concert on the bus.
You know, we have this pow-wow time afterwards.
And that's what we've kind of replaced our--
we used to always eat dinner together
when we were not traveling.
And when we're not traveling, we do.
And so we always still have that time together
because we're in that tour bus together, all six of us--
very close quarters. - Yeah.
It's our family bus.
Yeah.
And how does everybody stay so grounded, Kevin?
Well, I think they have a little brother to keep--
Frankie's having trouble staying awake here.
--them grounded.
[LAUGHTER]
OPRAH WINFREY: It's like, I've seen these guys over and over.
Yeah. [INTERPOSING VOICES]
KEVIN JONAS SR: --you know--
Dad?
KEVIN JONAS SR: Go ahead.
They go up and Mom and Dad say, you [INAUDIBLE] like that?
I'll just be, like, pull them down to the ground.
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NICK JONAS: He's the one who keeps us grounded.
OPRAH WINFREY: Keeps you grounded?
DENISE JONAS: Yeah. - Yeah.
OPRAH WINFREY: Yeah.
You know, there are lots of ways.
I think part of the way that they stayed grounded
was their faith, which helps.
What do you say is the reason you've stayed grounded, Kevin?
Of course it really is our parents
and what they've kind of seared into our hearts.
You know, we've kind of grown up with a saying,
even if you're at the top, live like you're at the bottom.
And of course, people say that--
oh, so you think you're at the top?
And it's like, no, not at all.
There's so much more we have never accomplished
and that we haven't accomplished.
And so the fact that we have these opportunities
is such an honor and a blessing.
And we wouldn't change it for the world.
And we just have to know that every day is special.
Isn't it hard, though, to keep your feet on the ground when
everybody's screaming your name and they're wearing
t-shirts that say, Nick is off the chain?
[LAUGHTER]
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I think, at times, it's a little tough
when you've had long days, early mornings, late nights,
and you kind of lose perspective a little bit.
But it really is cool that we have
each other to be there for.
You know, family is really what it comes down to.
OPRAH WINFREY: And Joe?
I think, you know, we've always
learned that my parents have taught us that they're
raising leaders in us.
And I think, we're in front of a lot of people.
And I think it's our friends, and our family,
and especially our parents that--
and we have brothers, so it's not like we're
doing this by ourselves.
OPRAH WINFREY: Yeah.
That keeps us grounded.