Im stephen sackur. My guest today is a legend in the music business. He has written and performed some of the most memorable tracks of the last four decades. Nile rodgers co founded chic, the band which defined the late 70s disco generation. From his own band to his collaborations with everyone from madonna to daft punk, his beat goes on. Now he is releasing another chic album. So what makes his sound and his spirit so special . Nile rodgers, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. For four decades you have found a way to reach out to every successive generation of music lovers. What is the secret to that success . I am not really sure. 0therwise, every record i put out would be a hit. Ijust do what feels natural to me. And i have to admit that when it was earlier in my career, i knew that i wanted to make a living doing music. So when i was younger, it was a little bit more calculated. I was actually trying to make hits. Before we get going on your career, i want to talk about your childhood.
Im stephen sackur. My guest today is a legend in the music business. He has written and performed some of the most memorable tracks of the last four decades. Nile rodgers co founded chic, the band which defined the late 70s disco generation. From his own band to his collaborations with everyone from madonna to daft punk, his beat goes on. Now he is releasing another chic album. So what makes his sound and his spirit so special . Nile rodgers, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. For four decades you have found a way to reach out to every successive generation of music lovers. What is the secret to that success . I am not really sure. Or else, every record i put out would be a hit. Ijust do what feels natural to me. And i have to admit that when it was earlier in my career, i knew that i wanted to make a living doing music. So when i was younger, it was a little bit more calculated. I was actually trying to make hits. Before we get going on your career, i want to talk about your childhood. I
The late 70s disco generation. From his own band to his collaborations with everyone from madonna to daft punk, his beat goes on. Now he is releasing another chic album. So what makes his sound and his spirit so special . Nile rodgers, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. For four decades you have found a way to reach out to every successive generation of music lovers. What is it thats the secret to that success . I am not really sure. Otherwise, every record i put out would be a hit. Ijust do what feels natural to me. And i have to admit that when it was earlier in my career, i knew that i wanted to make a living doing music. So when i was younger, it was a little bit more calculated. I was actually trying to make hits. Before we get going on your career, i want to talk about your childhood. I have read enough to know there was lots of music in your childhood, a lot of creativity, but also an awful lot of chaos as well. And ijust wonder, when you reflect on it now, thinking about your mum
We are so excited to be hosting pamela for her book. She will be speaking before i turn it over to them i have a couple of housekeeping things. Please take this moment to turn off or silence your cell phones and also note we are grateful to have cspan here for booktv. Please be aware you may be on camera and passing around a microphone during the qanda. We have flyers available at the register as well. The other people we marry and most recently the novel modern lovers which has been named the best book of the year by npr Entertainment Weekly among othet authors. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in the news york times. Most recently she along with her husband Michael Stroud opened the bookstore which is open for business. S she will be speaking with pamela paul the editor of the news york times book review anddyort overseas books at the news york times and choose a host newo york times and host of valaika podcast inside the news york times book review pages the author of
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