Nile Rodgers Quotes

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• I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired.
• Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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),…
• If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
• 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…
• You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.
• With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me…
• 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…
• In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga,
• I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.
• 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,…
• Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.
• Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.
• I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.
• Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an orchestrator, an arranger…
• Everything about my life was culturally rich, and all the people I met sort of reinforced the wackiness that was normally inside of me. No…
• I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete…
• I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I…

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