Quotes by Kara DioGuardi

Kara DioGuardi

A great song should make you stop everything that you’re doing. You should be so into it that you just can’t imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn’t even dream of picking up the phone.

Dream

Phones

Song

Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn’t an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.

Artist

Backbone

Song

I can make the argument that people who don’t have the biggest ranges but have very unique voices, even if they may be pitchy at times… with the right record that’s really unique and distinct, they can have big hits.

People

Unique

Voice

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I’m going to throw up.

Goes On

People

Tv Shows

I don’t go to record stores to look at my albums, but it’s always a thrill to see them.

Looks

Records

Thrill

I don’t think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, ‘A Helluva High Note’ deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

Book

Successful

Thinking

I felt like I got more comfortable on “Idol” when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

Being Myself

Idols

Trying

I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.

Breakup

Drama

Song

I looked a little pasty. But hey, at least I didn’t wet myself!

Hey

Littles

Pasties

I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that makes it contemporary. I think he’s done a great job of it. I think Katy Perry has undeniable songs for what she does, for that pop market. And, if we’re talking in the truly pop market, I would say those two.

Jobs

Song

Thinking

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Artist

Backbone

Bee Gees

Bees

Being Myself

Book

Breakup

Careers

Ceilings

Children

Decision

Drama

Dream

Excited

Goes On

Great Writers

Hair

Hey

Idols

Inspiration

Jewelry

Jobs

Kids

Kind

Littles

Looks

Mean

Musician

Native

New Yorkers

Parent

Past

Pasties

People

Phones

Pieces

Records

Sky

Song

Songwriters

Stars

Stones

Stress

Successful

Telling The Truth

Thinking

Thrill

Trying

Tv Shows

Unique

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Quotes by Kara DioGuardi

Kara DioGuardi

A great song should make you stop everything that you’re doing. You should be so into it that you just can’t imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn’t even dream of picking up the phone.

Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn’t an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.

I can make the argument that people who don’t have the biggest ranges but have very unique voices, even if they may be pitchy at times… with the right record that’s really unique and distinct, they can have big hits.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I’m going to throw up.

I don’t go to record stores to look at my albums, but it’s always a thrill to see them.

I don’t think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, ‘A Helluva High Note’ deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

I felt like I got more comfortable on “Idol” when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.

I looked a little pasty. But hey, at least I didn’t wet myself!

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