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“I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period.”

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Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers is a renowned musician known for his unique musical style and contributions to rock music. Born in September 1952, he is a founding member of the iconic band Chic, which achieved massive success in the 1970s and 1980s. Rodgers is celebrated for his innovative guitar playing and music production skills, which have had a profound impact on popular music. more

“I've been able to be a part of every movement in music over the last several decades. The only one that I haven't been involved in so much is hip-hop, which I chose not to be involved in because it felt like I would be what they called "perpetrating." It felt like hip-hop was so much of its own culture and that I was not part of that culture.”

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Author:Nile Rodgers

“I was a fan of Andy's since I was a small kid. I recall seeing an ad of famous people on an airplane together. It was caricature drawing. There was Muhammad Ali, there was Miles Davis, and there was Andy Warhol. I had a fascination with him since I was little.”

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Author:Jeffrey Deitch

“I started getting really curious about art. I read about the Dadaists and the Futurists and the Constructivists - those kind of movements which were reflecting the angst of the people of their times. Their work was trying to lead a movement. I began thinking about what was happening, with painting on the streets and painting on the trains as being similar but also coming from a real, pure space. It wasn't being created by academies. It was a spontaneous combustion of ideas that just happened.”