ALT At the centre of Nile Rodgers’ belief system is work. A work ethic that has seen Nile (in his own words) have more failures than successes. Yet the failures mattered too, with David Bowie and INXS both admirers of his lesser known solo work. This helped to inspire his collaborations with those artists. Nile’s virtuosity, self-made belief systems and work ethic paid dividends commercially for almost every artist he and the Chic Organisation worked with (particularly up to the mid-80s) and in many cases helped supercharge their careers. What is the secret of his success and some of those he’s worked with?