Nile Rodgers

I'm always swimming forward like a shark. You just keep going and you don't rest. I love waking up knowing that I…

— Nile Rodgers

I love Madonna! If you want to see the Madonna I know, just go on YouTube and you'll see those early interviews…

— Nile Rodgers

Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.

— Nile Rodgers

I'm always the last person in the world who would ever try to predict a trend.

— Nile Rodgers

Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.

— Nile Rodgers

I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.

— Nile Rodgers

If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn…

— Nile Rodgers

I only work with people I like.

— Nile Rodgers

Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.

— Nile Rodgers

There's been this strange irony to my whole life. All my original bandmates have died, when I was the most wild and…

— Nile Rodgers

After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a…

— Nile Rodgers

When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in…

— Nile Rodgers

I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired.

— Nile Rodgers

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

Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.

— Nile Rodgers

It was actually my partner, Bernard Edwards, who helped me develop my sort of funky jazz style.

— Nile Rodgers

I was a fan of the Marx Brothers. One of them had this character where he pretended not to be able to…

— Nile Rodgers

The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo…

— Nile Rodgers

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

— Nile Rodgers

I've found great solace in finally taking care of myself and others.

— Nile Rodgers

I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life.

— Nile Rodgers

When I was very young, there was a lot of music at home, mostly jazz. I was walking around singing and pretending…

— Nile Rodgers

What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you…

— Nile Rodgers

I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.

— Nile Rodgers

Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you…

— Nile Rodgers