Nile Rodgers

“The groove is everything. It's the heartbeat of the music.”

“Funk is the bass line. It's the foundation.”

“I was trying to make records that sounded like they came from a better place, a more utopian place.”

“Collaboration is the essence of what I do. It's not about me; it's about the song.”

“I don't follow trends. I try to set them.”

“My job as a producer is to make the artist's dream come true.”

“Get up, get out, and do something. Don't let the diagnosis be the period at the end of your sentence.”

“Creativity is my currency. It's the one thing that I have that is truly mine.”

“A good producer has to be a good psychologist.”

“You have to have a deep, relentless, almost psychotic belief in yourself.”

“Everything that happens in my life is a song. It's a musical.”

“I believe in the power of music to bring people together.”

“I always write from a place of joy. It's my default.”

“To me, a song is a story. It's a three-and-a-half-minute movie.”

“A great song is a great song, no matter what genre it is.”

“Music is the one language that everybody understands.”

“I look at my guitar as a tool for orchestration. I'm thinking like a horn section.”

“Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.”

“I'm not trying to be the best guitar player. I'm trying to be the best rhythm player.”

“Pop music is the soundtrack to our lives.”