Quotes by Nile Rodgers

About Nile Rodgers:

Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, and guitarist. He is the lead guitarist and co-founding member with Bernard Edwards of the band Chic, which has been active since 1976 and was one of the most successful groups of the disco era.
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I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation in the family, but because I was so close to my parents in age, they treated me with a kind of adult respect. They talked to me as an eq...

Nile Rodgers

When I was very young, there was a lot of music at home, mostly jazz. I was walking around singing and pretending I was in bands from a very young age. But the first song that was really personal to me was 'Blue Suede Shoes'.

Nile Rodgers

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

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 your head without seeing something amazing.

Nile Rodgers

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.

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

Nile Rodgers

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 write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.

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

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

Nile Rodgers

I was a fan of the Marx Brothers. One of them had this character where he pretended not to be able to talk, but then he wrote this autobiography called 'Harpo Speaks!' He wrote about how he quit school at nine years old to become a professional.

Nile Rodgers

If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

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

I wouldn't know how to retire.

Nile Rodgers

I never wished my parents were normal, because they were unique, special and fabulous.

Nile Rodgers

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

Nile Rodgers

My career has been wacky and not at all normal. I've never had a manager, nobody gets jobs for me. I wind up working with artists that I meet.

Nile Rodgers

I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.

Nile Rodgers

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

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

Nile Rodgers

Author Bio

  • NameNile Rodgers
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • AliasesNile Gregory Rodgers
  • BornSeptember 19, 1952
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Composer; Songwriter