Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I've been able to be a part of every movement in music over the last several decades. The only one that I… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies.… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
When I was very young, there was a lot of music at home, mostly jazz. I was walking around singing and pretending… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
“Nard and I thought it over and came up with some answers via 'band logic,' not to be confused with actual logic.” — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
I never wished my parents were normal, because they were unique, special and fabulous. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation in the… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
My concept is, until you absolutely know the plane is crashing, there's no reason to be afraid. All the turbulence in the world does… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
Everything about my life was culturally rich, and all the people I met sort of reinforced the wackiness that was normally inside of me.… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
Every record I have done was because I was a person's friend. The only time we did not continue to be friends was if… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
I've never cancelled any public appearance, simply because that's what my life is; it's doing my work, and I never want to stop doing… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles,… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share
