Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes: ‘My father thought makeup was a phase. I’m still going through it 40 years on’

Duran Duran in 2022 … Nick Rhodes (front) with John Taylor, Simon Le Bon and Roger Taylor. Photograph: John Swannell

How do you feel about 1982’s Rio album now? Is there anything you would have done differently? DeborahGeller

Not a single thing. It’s part of the pop fabric of that period and we’re all very proud of it. We were kids when we made that record, but we were laser-focused. There wasn’t a day that passed when we didn’t try to move ourselves forward a little bit – and that’s what paid off.