Quotes by Nick Rhodes

I don't think I'd describe our album as being trip-hop or electronica or anything like that, but there's no question that with what's happening and the atmosphere at the moment, it fits very well into that area. I mean, I was thrilled when I saw that the Prodigy album went to No. 1 in America, because it is a very different kind of sound--especially for radio over there, which is often very conservative.
– Nick Rhodes
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.
– Nick Rhodes
Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.
– Nick Rhodes
Oh, I love bios! I wouldn't say traditionally it was a concept album. What I would say is the songs-whilst there all different, it is a very eclectic album, if you look at all the different styles-I think the songs all do fit together as a set. It's probably the most complete album we've made for many years.
– Nick Rhodes
To me, I just see that as shedding skin, to be honest. John [Taylor, former bassist] leaving was obviously very sad for us--particularly for me, because I'd grown up with him--but at the same time, it was time for us to turn into a butterfly again. Metamorphosis is very important to us--to move on, to do something different. But I think some things have stayed the same with us.
– Nick Rhodes
We always like satisfied customers.
– Nick Rhodes
We've taken on a very ambitious project, which is like a cyber-soap-rock-opera, I suppose. It's a very modern piece called Bored With Prozac And The Internet. And that's going to be a trilogy, but the first album of that is completed, and when we were doing that, we spent a lot of time in the studio, and I suppose we really learned a lot about each other and what our strengths and weakness were for production. And we also wrote and produced a couple of songs for Blondie.
– Nick Rhodes
When we finished Ordinary World we all looked at each other and said, if this doesn't work, then we're doing something wrong. But again, I have to say, as a complete album, I really think this one makes a statement that the other ones haven't yet. I mean, I hope we do an even better album in '98 or '99, but certainly this one has said a lot that I wanted to have Duran Duran say for the '90s.
– Nick Rhodes
With a lot of the new music that's around and the acts that have actually cited us as being influences... I wouldn't be so arrogant as to take somebody's record and say, I think they've taken that from what we've done, but definitely I like the sound of a lot of things out there, and they're in an area in which I enjoy making music myself.
– Nick Rhodes
You can only sleep in one bed at a time.
– Nick Rhodes
You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something-it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.
– Nick Rhodes