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My life was really interesting before 'Chic.'
If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.
I'm completely obsessed with the film versions of 'Superman'.
I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.
I've found great solace in finally taking care of myself and others.
You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.
You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.
In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga.
There's never been a song that I just wrote and tried to send to an artist.
I'm always the last person in the world who would ever try to predict a trend.
Artists don't come much cooler and well rounded than Lady Gaga. Love and respect.
I never wished my parents were normal, because they were unique, special and fabulous.
I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.
Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.
It was actually my partner, Bernard Edwards, who helped me develop my sort of funky jazz style.
Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.
I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired.
I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life.
Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.
When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.
Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.
I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.
Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.
I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period.
I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.
Nobody under the sun was like Madonna. She was positive and clear and wholly dedicated to achieving everything that she's achieved.
Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.
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.
My career has been wacky and not at all normal. I've never had a manager, nobody gets jobs for me. I wind up working with artists that I meet.
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.
It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.
If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.
What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.
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.
After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.
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.
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.
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.
My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company nor the producer really knows.
Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
My concept is, until you absolutely know the plane is crashing, there's no reason to be afraid. All the turbulence in the world does not mean the plane is crashing. Once it's confirmed, then you can be afraid.
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.
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'.
With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.
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.
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.
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.
I was a fan of the Marx Brothers. One of them had this character where he pretended not to be able to talk, but then he wrote this autobiography called 'Harpo Speaks!' He wrote about how he quit school at nine years old to become a professional.
I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.