In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm.
Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.
Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.
Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more.
It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.
Nowadays you need so much money to be able to launch a new artist, notably in America; you would hardly believe the sums involved.