Nile Rodgers Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I've never cancelled any public appearance, simply because that's what my life is; it's doing my work, and I never want to stop doing my work unless it becomes impossible for me to do it.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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