Nile Rodgers Quotes

I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.

I originally passed on 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.

Well, Neighbours wanted to do a song on the show, and they asked me what songs I had. I told them I'd just written this song, called Born to Try, and I had just gone overseas and spoken to some people from Song about it.

Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs.

You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist.

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.

I know that the music industry has changed, but I'd love it if Adele and John Legend would write me songs.

Instead of giving all your best tracks to artists, producers now have the opportunity where we can take our favorite beats we make and put our favorite artists on them and release fun songs for people to listen to.

With Joe Walsh, that was kind of random. I'd written 'Hi-Roller Baby' for myself while I was at Island/Def Jam; literally, four years later, it got cut. Songs can be around for a long time.

I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own media company.

I rarely have any contact with the artists who cover my songs.

I write other people songs. Recirculate it. It's the music business.

I always said, if I got a record deal, I'd want to record the best songs I could, whether I wrote them or not.

I got about 6037 songs I wrote myself and I'm trying to get them on the market and I just wish people could hear them and stuff but they'll do pretty good.

Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.

I'm overly excited to finally announce this amazing global partnership deal back home with EMI Music. I know I have mentioned doing music in the past but for legal reasons I was not in a position to release any new music.

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

The whole industry evolves around a great song.

I certainly don't want to be a record label guy.

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really goes into a record. But as I got older, I developed a passion for writing.

Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!

You make music to change the radio, not make music for the radio.

I'm just focusing on 'Let's Stay Together' and slowly building my production company. I'm trying to get into writing as well.

And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing.