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" When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together. "

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" 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'. "

" 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. "

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

" You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I've found great solace in finally taking care of myself and others. "

" 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. "

" My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles, often on my own. My parents were like my friends, so it felt like I didn't really have parents at all. But in a crazy way that was very liberating. It forced me to be independent, maybe a leader, and certainly a survivor. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver. "

" I'm completely obsessed with the film versions of 'Superman'. "

" 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've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired. "

" Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an orchestrator, an arranger and a musician first. I know how to write and rewrite songs, and the genius is really in the rewriting. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved. "

" Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing. "

" My life was really interesting before 'Chic.' "

" 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. "

" I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms. "

" I only work with people I like. "

" It was actually my partner, Bernard Edwards, who helped me develop my sort of funky jazz style. "