Top 49 Quotes by Nile Rodgers

About Nile Rodgers

These are some quotes by American author Nile Rodgers Musician, who was born on 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 nor the producer really knows.

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 nor the producer really knows.

Nile Rodgers

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.

Nile Rodgers

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 were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.

Nile Rodgers

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 the record did not become a hit. If it did, we became great friends.

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 the record did not become a hit. If it did, we became great friends.

Nile Rodgers

I only work with people I like.

I only work with people I like.

Nile Rodgers

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.

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.

Nile Rodgers

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

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

Nile Rodgers

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