Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates; 8 June 1962) is an English musician, singer and producer, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the new wave band Duran Duran.
I still love music - that's never gonna go away.
The most stylish country in the world is Italy.
I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.
Intelligence can't be insulted.
My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones.
I suppose that I'm fairly comfortable with the clown hat on.
A lot of other bands have tried to go out there and say we've got views on this and views on that. But some of it I've found opportunist. Duran Duran has always been honest about everything. We've always laid everything out.
I love pop culture. I love to be inside of it, and step outside and look back in.
The Internet is the greatest tool for any artist to have interaction with any audience.
Having a studio at home is like having a gym at home - sometimes you're just better off going out.
I think maybe my attention span is too long to tweet.
If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.
I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it.
Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.
You can only sleep in one bed at a time.
I always say to people, the Eighties were so inventive because people wanted to stand out. By the time we got to the Nineties, everyone wanted to fit in. It was all about having the same pair of trainers and the same pair of jeans. That's fatal. Whereas the Eighties you would never be seen in the same pair of jeans that somebody else was wearing.
I felt very grown up when I was wearing makeup, thank you very much.