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. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
I never wished my parents were normal, because they were unique, special and fabulous. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
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. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
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. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo shoot, and coincidentally, we kept running into each other at parties and stuff. I regret not having written a hit for Miles Davis. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
I love Madonna! If you want to see the Madonna I know, just go on YouTube and you’ll see those early interviews before the record came out. She was giddy and wonderful and giggly and happy and so excited looking towards the future. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
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. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
When people tell you you’re on the brink of death, you’ve got to dig pretty deep to get it together. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
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. Nile Rodgers Read Quote
