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27 quotes by Diane Warren

Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. Her songs have received seven Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win, and twelve Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. Her success in the US has been paralleled in the UK, where she has been rated the third most successful female artist. Peter Reichardt, former Chairman of...
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I have a good imagination. Look, I know what it feels like to have a broken heart. I know what it feels like to feel something for somebody. I'm... →

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I know what it's like to have a broken heart. I know what it's like to feel pain: When my songs don't become hits, it breaks my heart.... →

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A lot of people give up, but you can't stop me. If you close the door, I'll just jump out the window.

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I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick... →

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I don't just do power ballads. I have a lot of up-tempo stuff, too - like 'Can't Fight the Moonlight.'

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I'm totally an East Coast person, energetic and sarcastic. I'm not a nice L.A. person.

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I'm not like normal people. I'm no good at relationships. I draw drama to me - it's the Jew in me.

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What makes a great song - you don't put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.

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What keeps me interested is that I have to do it. It's like people wake up and they have to breathe; I have to write songs; I have to make music.... →

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You have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never took the talent for granted - I've always... →

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Oh yeah; I love when I'm writing something that makes me cry - that's so cool. If it got me to do that, it's going to get someone else to... →

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Being inducted into the songwriting hall of fame by Clive Davis, that was pretty memorable.

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Cher hated 'If I Could Turn Back Time.' I had to beg her, literally, on my knees, just to try it. Happens all the time.

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