Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgersis an American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusic Producer
Date of Birth19 September 1952
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
knowing love problem waking
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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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.
age bands home mostly music personal pretending singing song walking
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'.
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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 equal.
became continue great record time
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.
send song tried wrote
There's never been a song that I just wrote and tried to send to an artist.
bernard develop funky helped jazz sort
It was actually my partner, Bernard Edwards, who helped me develop my sort of funky jazz style.
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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.
I'm completely obsessed with the film versions of 'Superman'.
I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.
parents special wished
I never wished my parents were normal, because they were unique, special and fabulous.
grew madonna
I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.
life original reckless strange
There's been this strange irony to my whole life. All my original bandmates have died, when I was the most wild and most reckless of us all. But I'm still here.
clear dedicated nobody positive wholly
Nobody under the sun was like Madonna. She was positive and clear and wholly dedicated to achieving everything that she's achieved.