“C URTIS is absolutely the prototype of the Chic Organization. In our heads, visually, we were the blackincarnation of Roxy Music – but businesswise, we were Curtis Mayfield. Bernard [Edwards] and I made our records ourselves; we didn’t need anyone else to write, produce or orchestrate, only to perform with us. Curtis Mayfield and Curtom was the template. That idea of having a stable and writing for female voices, we did exactly the same.