John Norris: Any thoughts on going solo someday?
Nick Carter: Eventually, I might do it. That might be just because I wanna do something different.
MTV: I would think, though, that there must be people that you encounter saying, "Nick, hey, you've got the voice, you've done the group thing, why not go off?" Are there forces around you, encouraging you to do that all the time?
Nick: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. There's tons of forces. You've got to be comfortable in your environment. You've got to feel at one with what you are doing, and I feel at one with what I'm doing right now, so no matter what people say, it doesn't affect me. Right now, I'm just not at the point where I'm feeling like I wanna do something, but there probably will be a point, there probably will, but I don't know when.
MTV: Are you still in the relationship you were in a year ago?
Nick: Mmm, yeah.
MTV: And as you know, there was a lot of talk that that had led to a falling out between you and your mom.
Nick: Well, not really. No, it was more deeper than that. I think that was a scapegoat for a lot of things having to do with my relationship... for other things that were going on. Really, everything right now is extremely cool. I love my family.
MTV: Your relationship with your mom is okay at the moment?
Nick: Yeah, it's good.
MTV: She's been pretty involved with your career from the get-go. Do you now think that maybe it's not such a good idea for family and business to be intertwined?
Nick: I believe that, right now, it's more so, that I wanna be with my family and not [talk] business. That is probably the big issue, what it was. Now it's more just about me wanting to have my family out of the business, 'cause I deal with it so much. I'm living the business. So when I wanna just take a break and get away from it all, I don't wanna have to come back and deal with it all, with all the business and stuff. I wanna be able to just chill, so that's pretty much what it's all about.
MTV: Has it become difficult for you to keep your business and personal lives separate?
Nick: It is kinda personal to me, and at the same time, I'm in the spotlight all the time, and everybody's in the spotlight, so a lot of people know your business. Once you sign on the dotted line, that's what you're obligated to let everybody know.
MTV: Is it safe to say there won't be a "Heart And Soul, Part II" coming out anytime soon?
Nick: Not anytime soon.
