Interviews with Nick

John Garibbidean: And now: the album of the year to the Backstreet Boys! Song of the year, and now best pop performance by a duo or group for the Backstreet Boys! Best pop album: Backstreet Boys! 

Nick Carter: Yeah, hehe. 

John: So is that what's gonna happen? 

Nick: I wish, I hope. 

John: Well, I'm sure it will happen on some of them, you guys deserve it. 

Nick: Well, we're trying. 

John: How are you, Nick? 

Nick: Good, man, how are you doin'? 

John: Good, good to talk to you again. 

Nick: Yeah, you too. 

John: We have some, uh, tickets which we got ahold of, and backstage passes, to see you guys in Toronto for your final show of the tour, which I guess is March 15th. 

Nick: Yup. 

John: And uh, what are you gonna do after that? 

Nick: We're gonna take a little time off again, then we're gonna record. 

John: Starting on a new album. 

Nick: (can't understand what was said) 

John: Show me the meaning just hit #1 this past week. 

Nick: yeah, I know, this, um, that was really cool I think-(can't understand what was said here). 

John:I think on the airplay charts, for Top 40. 

Nick: Really? 

John: Yeah. According to Joe Richatelli. (not sure of spelling) 

Nick: Cool, man. 

John: The Jive Records guru. 

Nick: (laughs) 

John: (laughs) The Italian Joe Richatelli of Jive records guru. 

Nick: Yeah, I know, huh? 

John: Now what's ging to be happening at the Grammys, you had to cancel, uh, one of your tours in order to be there. 

Nick: Um, I don't know if we had to cancel it, I know that we were always planning to do the Grammys. 

John: Are you guys going to be performing at the Grammys? 

Nick: Ah, I think so, yup. 

John: Any idea what song your going to be doing? 

Nick: Um, that's a surprise. (laughs) 

John: What is this? I've heard a couple of rumors about 2 of the guys getting married. 

Nick: Oh, really! 

John: Yeah! 

Nick: Hmm, well, hold on, hold on, give me a second. (muffled, crinkling noise) Oh! there's the paper right there! 

John: (laughs) Do you know anything? 

Nick: (laughs) Yeah, they're thinking about getting married, yeah. 

John: Is it you? It's not you. 

Nick: No, not me. 

John: Oh. Can you say or can you talk about it, or... 

Nick: You know, uh, if you want to pull up on USAtoday you can see it too, but.. 

John: Oh. All right! 

Nick: (laughs) 

John: So that, so, it's not, it's not false? 

Nick: Naw, it's not false. Not false advertisement. 

John: Hot news, tonight from Nick Carter. 

Nick: Yeah but, it ain't me though! 

John: (laughs) Are you close? 

Nick: No, no, no, no. 

John: Think of those millions of hearts you're gonna break, Nick. 

Nick: (laughs) 

John: All those women who want you. 

Nick: They want you! 

John:(laughs) You're cuter, Nick. 

Nick: ha! Yeah right. 

John: Listen, good luck on the Grammys next week. 

Nick: No problem. 

John: I'll let you out of this, cause your probably turning red, and.. 

Nick: Yeah, ya know. 

John: I do. 

Nick: I can't help it. It's that (can't understand) voice of yours. 

John: (laughs) You say the nicest things. 

Nick: (laughs) 

John: Nick Carter, you have a great night. 

Nick: Bye man. You take care bud. 

John: Thanks. Open House. 

Show me the meaning of being lonely plays. 

Carson: Hi Nick whats up? 

Nick: Um, I think we're in Cleveland 

Carson: Oh, so you think you're in Cleveland? 

Nick: Ya, i think, we just got here(laughs) 

Carson: Uh, how's the tour going Nick? 

Nick: It's going really good. We just got done doin, we were just in St. 
Louis and uh we did the St. Lois dome and I don't know, you know where 
the Rams play? 

Carson: yea 

Nick: We sold it out, it was pretty good 

Carson: That's awesome and so what's it like to stand up there in such a 
big arena and have every one go nuts for you? 

Nick: It's a it's incredible I mean it's just incredible just to 
have so many fans to come out and see you and everything and have 
that much fun and be able to play at a stadium, or a radio like that. 

Carson: Hey Nick, let's talk about this backstreet boys contest uh well 
you guys are actually going to let TRL fans pick your next release. How 
do you feel about this idea. You cool with this? 

Nick: Ya, um, it was actually, it was our idea we um i mean we figured you 
know why not, you know, why not let the fans you know, have a chance to be 
involved in something that is really kind of basicly what they are, what 
they do it's like it's, it's them. 

Carson: And I applaud you for that. Not alot of people realize the amount 
of energy that goes into this type of, you know, releasing the next 
singles. Usually a big fight between somebody at the record company and 
somebody marketing so thats actually very cool that your doing that. 

Nick: Oh, yea 

Carson: Let's look, Nick, at so far here's how it looks uh, if this 
were out today your fans would like to see "Don't Want You Back" to be your 
next single with 44% of the votes, "It's Gotta Be You" is at 30%. These are 
actually a little bit tighter of a race if you would look then from yesterday, 
and "The One" got 27%. Out of those 3 is there one that you would have a 
preference of just personally of the top of your head? 

Nick: Um ya, I mean we were basicly we were throwing around ideas for like 
videos and stuff like that and um, and maybe this might perswade them to 
change their mind but um, "I'll Be The One" is the one that I was thinking 
about and I think the other guys like, we were thinking about maybe 
doing like an, um, kind of like an old western video. 

Carson: Right 

Nick: Kinda like blazing saddles or somethin' 

Carson: But either way, uh you'll get to it eventually so... 

Nick: Yea well, ya eventually, but i mean either way were gonna make 
the next video you know... 

Carson: Right, Ya 

Nick: ... as soon as we possibly can(laughs) 

Carson: Ya well, Nick, you know what we'll do on friday we'll give 
you the results and since you came up with this idea it's really out of 
your hands, it up to the TRL fans so Friday we'll have the result. 

Nick: Yup 

Carson: So, it was a pleasure speaking to you Nick. Good luck in Cleveland. 

Nick: Hey, thanks man. 

Carson: Alright, say hi to the rest of the boys for us 

(audience starts screaming) 

Nick: Alright, thank you 

Carson: Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys. Let's get into their video, 
it's at #2 "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" BSB is on TRL. 

Source: 93.3 FLZ 

Thanks to Backstreet.net reader ~Trista for sending this in.

Kane: "It's 93.3 FLZ the Hit Music Channel, it's Kane... I gotta call 
my boy 

Nick Carter, we gotta talk about the uh big game going on this Sunday.." 
(dialing - rings once) 

Nick: "Yeah.." 

Kane: "I need Nick Carter my teammate" 

Nick: "Your teammate.. uh huh.." 

Kane: "My teammate.. NICK CARTER!" 

Nick: "You're my teammate huh?" 

Kane: "Yeah well we're playing on the same team" 

Nick: "The same guy who's talking junk about me, huh?!" 

Kane: "Ah wait a minute, No NO.. Junk is such a not nice word.. I 
wasn't talking any junk about you." 

Nick: "No no no.. come on, I got it all taped, they're all on the radio." 

Kane: "no, no do you want an apology?" 

Nick: "No, it's cool.." 

Kane: "Are you sure? Cause we gotta play together.. you know, we're 
gonna be on the same team, we gotta work together on this........ 
Here's what I wanna do." 

Nick: "Mm hmm.." 

Kane: "This is where I need your help" 

Nick: "Alright" 

Kane: " I wanna trash talk the Bucs man.." 

Nick:" Let's do it" 

Kane: "I think we're gonna win - you know what as a matter of fact, 
I know we're gonna win" 

Nick: "Why not?" (muffled) 

Kane: "I wanna tell Martin Grammatica.. I wanna tell Warren Sapp.. uh 
Shaun King, Shaun King's reffing..but I uh I I uh I think we're gonna 
kick their ass.." 

Nick: "Well you can say that on the air, I can't" (laughing) 

Kane: "Why, why can't you?" 

Nick: "Because.." 

Kane: "'Cause why?" 

Nick: " Because I'm a nice guy.." 

Kane: "Well I'm.." 

Nick: "I'm one of those... I'm a silent killer" 

Kane: "Oh, oh that's the plan" 

Nick: "Yeah man you forgot about that.. You go out there, you act like 
you got no game, and then...." (muffled) 

Kane: "So that's your plan, you're gonna walk out there and be like 
*whisting*..." 

Nick: "Yeah I'm just gonna walk out there, shoot a couple bricks, and 
they're gonna think I suck, and then.." 

Kane: *laughing* "Well, I'm gonna do the same thing, I'm gonna shoot 
bricks.. but that's not by choice." 

Nick: "Well.." 

Kane: "I'm gonna shoot bricks because I DO suck" 

Nick: "That's naturally, right?" 

Kane: "well, no, well yeah.. but I'm tall, I got the height - I'm 6'3"" 

Nick: "Stop lyin'.." 

Kane: "No for real man that's why I'm.." 

Nick: "You're lyin'.." 

Kane: "No that's why I'm gonna stand under the basket" 

Nick: "No, you're lyin'" 

Kane: "No, I swear to God I'm 6'3" - Munchie, how tall am I? How tall?" 

Munchie: "6'3"" 

Kane: "I'm 6'3"" 

Nick: "How come I don't believe him?" 

Kane: "Cause I am! - You, you know.. any time any time you wanna, you wanna 
have a one on one, you know, if you wanna go out and take care of this 
BEFORE the game.. we could, cause, let me tell you something..I'm 
tall and and I.." 

Nick: "Hey man, if you're 6'3".. you should be able to dunk then" 

Kane: "no.. well no no no no I can't jump, I have no vertical, I'm 
just tall.." 

Nick: "That don't make no difference..if you're 6'3" you should be 
able to dunk." 

Kane: "Actually, I've never tried, I'm afraid I'd hurt myself. I can palm 
a basketball, my hands are big enough that I can palm a ball.. if you 
throw me a ball I can catch it with just one hand" 

Nick: "For real?" 

Kane: "That's what I'm saying.. that's why I'm saying, we got a lotta skill 
- I may not have the ballin' skill that you may have, cause I do understand 
you're a lot BETTER than me, but I, ya know.. I do possess some things 
that may be beneficial to our team.... mainly the fact that I'm tall.. 
now you can get up on my shoulders.. if you wanna get up on my shoulders." 

Nick: "Hey well.. hey.. let's do it" 

Kane: "And maybe get a lil' freaky, you're welcome to do that.." 

Nick: "No no wait a second..... stop right there.." 

Kane: "Why? Did I say something wrong?" 

Nick: "Dude, I ain't gettin' freaky!" 

Kane: *laughing* "no no no I don't mean I don't no wait wait I don't 
mean freaky as in like oolhh ahhoooohh freaky.. I mean freaky as in 
we're gonna kick the Bucs' ass. " 

Nick: "That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.." 

Kane: "I mean, we're going to defeat the Bucs silently.. cause 
we're silent killers." 

Nick: "Exactly.. that's what, that's what our name should be!" 

Kane: "Are you bettin' on the game at all, are you puttin' any 
money down?.... we're gonna be the silent killers?! Yeah, that's 
not a bad name.." 

Nick: "Well I'll let you bet for me" 

Kane: "OK" 

Nick: "I'm still underage" 

Kane: "Oh are ya? well I'm only 22" 

Nick: "For real?" 

Kane: "Yeah, I'm not that much older.." 

Nick: "Still two years older than me" 

Kane: "Oh, yeah that's true..you're 20?" 

Nick: "Yeah" 

Kane: "Oh alright, I'll go ahead and take care of ya. But I gotta get 
10% of your winning.." 

Nick: "Wait, wait a second.." 

Kane: "What.. why?" 

Nick: "I'm already givin' ten percent away, I'm not givin' out another 
10.." 

Kane: "Come on! Well I'm not gonna do it for ya.. ok, FIVE!.. percent" 

Nick: "Two.." 

Kane: "two?! four and a half!" 

Nick: "ONE" 

Kane: "THREE!" 

Nick: "It's goin' down..." 

Kane: "TWO fine TWO!" 

Nick: *laughing* 

Kane: "I don't like dealin' with you, NICK! YOU'RE MEAN! you're all 
UGHH.. he's a businessman.." 

Nick: *still laughing...* 

Kane: "You're a businessman!.. Here I wanna sing you a song for the game.. 
this song always inspires me to play basketball.. you mind if I take 
like two seconds to sing you a song?" 

Nick: "Sure!" 

Kane: "Okay here we go, I'd like to play you this..this is the 
uh.. I'm gonna devote this to you.. The uh, The Nick Carter Basketball 
Inspiration Song!" *song plays in background while DJ sings* 

Kane: "You can sing along if you like.." *keeps singing* 

Kane: "You like it so far?" 

Nick: "Keep going!" 

Kane: *sings a little more*... "I only memorized the first verse I 
I haven't gotten to the rest of the song" 

Nick: "What happened, man?!" 

Kane: "I I was workin' it and then then.." 

Nick: "I was enjoying what you were doing.. what happened?" 

Kane: "Like you liked it how like it was relaxing and soothing or liked 
it because it got you ready to FIGHT!" 

Nick: "Naw.. it was relaxing" 

Kane: "Do you want me to do it again?" 

Nick: "I'm a gentle person.. I don't like to fight." 

Kane: "Do you wanna sing with me, you wanna do a duet?!" 

Nick: "uh uh I'll leave it up to you.." 

Kane: "Come on.. come on.. let's just do one line, a duet with one 
line.." 

Nick: "You go ahead, go ahead" 

Kane: "How can I just let you walk away is the first line" 

Nick: "Alright let's do it let's do it" *music starts to play* 

Kane: "Aight.. it's Kane and Nick Carter.. the Basketball Inspiration 
song.." *music plays w/ DJ singing & Nick in the background moaning 
& making noises* 

Kane: *laughing* "Oh so that's me.." 

Nick: "Dude, why you keep messin' up?!" 

Kane: "I ain't messin' up - cause you keep sayin' I sing like my voice 
is crackin'" 

Nick: "why you keep messin' up?" 

Kane: "I'm not messin' up" 

Nick: "STOP - hey hold on just for a second stop, stop the tape.." 

Kane: "Ok, what.. what" 

Nick: "Dude.." 

Kane: "Yeah?" 

Nick: "Look man.. aight............let's try it again" 

Kane: "Again?" 

Nick: "One more time" 

Kane: "alriiight...*sighs* The Nick and Kane Basketball Inspiration 
Song.." *music plays and DJ sings again - Nick in the background makes 
more noises & howls.... Kane laughs* 

Kane: "You know, we're supposed to be a team here Nick!" 

*Nick laughs* 

Kane: "We're supposed to be a TEAM! We're supposed to beat the Bucs 
TOGETHER!" 

*Nick's still laughing* 

Kane: "You're not helpin' me out much.. shut up! Munch, shut up!! 
Ya got Munch on your side too" 

Nick: "eh, see!" 

Kane: "It's not fair" 

Nick: "What you doin'?" 

Kane: "I don't like either of you.. alright hold on a second, Nick tell 
ya what I gotta take a break here.. Nick, are you ready to reveal 
the 'Big Announcement'?" 

Nick: "You better believe it" 

Kane: "Alright Nick & I have a big announcement, we'll tell ya about it 
after the break, hang on......." 

*Commercials come on, Kane comes back to say he can't announce it without 
his boss' permission.. waiting for his boss to call him back - Later on, 
boss calls and says ok so the announcement is that Nick will DJ the 
entire show a week from this Thursday for all four hours of Kane's 
show! Tampa Bay listeners, tune into 93.3 for Nick!!! You can also listen 
to it live here. 

 

Kane: Alright, I'm callin' my man Nick Carter - I've heard he's thinking 
of doin' some freaky stuff on this show, which I have to ask him about... 
(dialing... ringing) I don't wanna get in TOO much trouble.. (still ringing)
.. I hope he answers, I hope he, uh, remembers (rings again)" 

Nick: Hello? 

Kane: Hey, Nick! 

Nick: Wassup?! 

Kane: Hey It's Kane, brother! 

Nick: What's up dawg, how ya doin'? 

Kane: Now I heard some rumors about uh.. about when you take over my show.. 
(pause - no response from Nick) I heard you're like gonna do freaky stuff. 

Nick: Oh, you heard I'm gonna do some freaky stuff? Well first of all, 
who'd ya hear it from? 

Kane: I can't say, but all I know is I I I I'm worried.. I'm worried 
about the radio station, I'm worried about.. we have a license. You know 
there's certain things we can & can't do on the air, right? 

Nick: Yeah.. 

Kane: So.. don't you promise, cause my boss thinks you're gonna go ahead 
and lose the radio station and the license. You promise me right now
that you will not lose the license when you take over my show? 

Nick: I can't promise you that.. 

Kane: Oh, Nick, COME ON! 

Nick: Look, dawg I can't promise you that but.. 

Kane: NICK! 

Nick: What? 

Kane: NICK! 

Nick: Don't trip man! 

Kane: Nick, if you lose the license for the radio station, then I 
lose my job & I'm unemployed.. 

Nick: So? 

Kane: So, so then it means I'll be coming to you begging for a dancing 
job, I could be one of your back up dancers! 

Nick: You know what man, don't trip, don't trip - everything will be 
cool. 

Kane: Alright 

Nick: Aight, everything will be fine, we will take care of it 

Kane: You swear to God? You promise me! 

Nick: Everything will be fine.. everything will be fine.. 

Kane: So you gonna be nice to my little show? 

Nick: Oh I dunno, I'm thinkin' about it.. 

Kane: THINKIN' about it..I'm worried. 

Nick: You, you're still on my BAD LIST, you know what I'm sayin'?! 

Kane: Oh what WHY?! I'm givin' you my show how can I be on your bad 
list!! 

Nick: Well alright we'll see, we'll see if we can be cool.. we'll be 
cool, aight? 

Kane: Oh I am SO nervous about this!! 

Nick: oh Just chill man, just chill, everything will be fine - don't worry about it 

Kane: Alright brother I appreciate you taking the time to talk with me - 
we'll let you get on your thang and we'll uh, we'll see you Thursday 
night! 

Nick: Alright 

***commercials*** 

If you have real audio, check out Nick's most recent interview here!

Nick Carter Interview from May 2000 WFTS ABC 28 in Tampa-Part 1
Nick Carter Interview from May 2000 WFTS ABC 28 in Tampa-Part 2