When Dani Met Nicky - The Saturday Show
The interview was taped in LA and aired on September 14th in the UK.
Dani I'm in sunny Los Angeles, California, where all the biggest
stars live. Today I'm going to meet one of the biggest, selling over
50 million records, a multi-millionaire, countless awards over the
years. And get this, he's only 22! Nick Carter, welcome back to The Saturday Show.
Nick Whatsup!
Dani Now, solo album, tell us a bit about it.
Nick Basically, what happened, was, um, we came off the Japanese
tour and um, everybody decided to take a little break, and I called
up my record company and I was just like, can I get in the studio and
just write a couple of songs and record a couple of songs, just, just
not to get in and record an album or anything, and they were
like `ok.'
And I didn't know what the style was gonna be like, I didn't know how
it was gonna be at all.
Dani Obviously you've had loads of experiences being in the
Backsteet Boys, have you got that many experiences to write songs
about?
Nick [Smiling cheekily] You'll see! Yeah, I mean, put it this way,
13 was when I first started in the group and you know, I've been ever
since then, I've gone through a lot of stuff. I've been touring all
around the world since I was a kid. I'm sure everybody heard when I
like, got arrested and stuff, so I kinda' put it on paper, how I felt
on a couple of songs.
Dani Most people are expecting a typical Backstreet sound that
you've been doing all the years.
Nick Yeah.
Dani Why the kind of guitar, slightly rocky? I think the rock-
dude's definitely coming out in you there Nick.
Nick [Nodding] I've always been a big rock fan, and I love old
rock'n'roll, new rock'n'roll.
Dani What's you're favourite rock group?
Nick Probably, right now, I'm listening to a lot of Wheezer right
now. But I'm a big oldies guy, I love, like, old rock'n'roll,
Fleetwood Mack, er, Journey, stuff like that too. Tom Petty, Bryan
Adams.
Dani What are the other guys into? Folk?
Nick Brian's a big folk music guy, Kevin is like Elton John, Aj's
actually into Enigma now. Howie, I don't know, Howie probably listens
to anything. And if I ever tried to play rock in the dressing rooms,
they were like `Shut up!' you know.
Dani I was gonna say, they're all kinda' settled down and married.
Have you got a girlfriend, Nick?
Nick [Shakes his head and pulls a sad face] I'm sure there's
somebody out there somewhere, but, just `aint found her yet.
Dani What do you look for in a girl?
Nick [Laughing] What do I look for in a [laughs] yes thank you,
HELP ME, I need help!!!!
Dani Hello my name is Nick Carter and I'm single, and er
Nick Adventurous, exciting, um, very up front, like, they know what
they want, you know. They `aint afraid to come and say hi to me. I'm
some kind of a shy guy, especially if it's a real pretty girl that I
like. I have a hard time coming up to, just like, especially in a
club or somewhere, going to and saying whatsup. So if they know what
they want and they're cool, they can come up to me and say whatsup to
me and I don't care, it's the year 2002. I like girls who are
forward.
Dani asks about his music.
Music is the one pure thing that is good. If you're talented, if
you've got a gift, you know, you should show the world that gift. It's amazing to be able to touch so many lives just by, you know, your voice.
Dani And just to reassure the fans, are the Backstreet's gonna be
back?
Nick I'm going what I'm doing right now and I wanna get in the
studio with the guys later on in the year.
Dani So there's a possibility of a new album at some point?
Nick Yeah.
Dani Excellent stuff. Nick Carter, thank you very much.
Nick Thanks, take care.
Thanks to whoever transcribed this interview.