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" Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record. "

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" 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. "

" I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life. "

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" 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'm always the last person in the world who would ever try to predict a trend. "

" 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. "

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" Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition. "

" Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top. "

" I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place. "

" There's never been a song that I just wrote and tried to send to an artist. "

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" Nobody under the sun was like Madonna. She was positive and clear and wholly dedicated to achieving everything that she's achieved. "

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" When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in the world. Reading 'Moby-Dick' is like being in a time machine. I almost feel as excited as the first time I read it and I always find something new. "

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" If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing. "

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