Nile Rodgers Quotes

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Nile Rodgers

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 19, 1952

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.

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

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I'm completely obsessed with the film versions of 'Superman'.

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I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

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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.

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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 one said, 'You can't do that,' until I got to real record companies, that is.

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My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles, often on my own. My parents were like my friends, so it felt like I didn't really have parents at all. But in a crazy way that was very liberating. It forced me to be independent, maybe a leader, and certainly a survivor.

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

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When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in the world. Reading 'Moby-Dick' is like being in a time machine. I almost feel as excited as the first time I read it and I always find something new.

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

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I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.

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

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I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life.

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Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

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I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.

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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 and a musician first. I know how to write and rewrite songs, and the genius is really in the rewriting.

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

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

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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.

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

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