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
Hand and whacking it with the chefs knife. Why the spike . I think they have been doing it for years. Apparently across the pond there is a jump in injuries. Be careful. Yeah. Protect those digits. If you prefer eating in restaurants, i remember a long time ago there used to be a Hard Rock Cafe on van ness. I think youre right. Near city hall. We would go there after church in the city. On the west side of the street. Youre right. Were you there . Was that you in the next booth . I know sal is at a different Hard Rock Cafe. You made it over there in good time today, sal. Yes, we did. We did make it in pretty good time over to the Hard Rock Cafe on peer 39. If you havent been here, erase what you remember about the place out of your mind. It has been completely redone. They will be doing the grand reopening tomorrow at 10 00, open to the public. Come down and take a look at the place. They have memorabilia everywhere. They have opened it up and made it newer. Events all day. There will
Lordy. At least a dozen photographers in that small picture alone on the floor taking pictures. You and i were struggling to remember the last time a testimony garnered this much attention. Right. [ indiscerniblemultiple speakers ] people are watching this like a sporting event. One significant thing that has happened is that james comey said he thought the Administration Lied and misrepresented not only him but the fbi. We continue our coverage now of that testimony. The hearing has been going on for 2 hours now. The president kelly has been monitoring the situation and is here with the latest. Good morning. At one point during questioning that has gone on for at least 2 hours now, james comey answered questions from the sentate inelligence committee the day after that sentate inelligence committee released some prepared statements that james comey put out. In the statements he detailed some of the private conversations he had with the president before he was hired on may 9. We want t