Nile Rodgers Quotes
What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.
After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.
I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.
Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.
Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.
It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.
Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.
If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.
Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.
I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period.
I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired.
Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.
Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.