Kara DioGuardi Quotes

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

  Kara DioGuardi

  Hey, Littles, Pasties

  Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.womenshealthmag.com. March 9, 2010.

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• The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Mean, Artist, Voice

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• I wanted a child, and there was no way I could get pregnant under the stress of 18-hour work days and live TV. When you're somebody who's used to making a decision about what they want to do and getting it and achieving it, when your body fails you, it's a whole other experience.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Children, Stress, Decision

  "Kara DioGuardi's 'A Helluva High Note': Quit Not Fired From 'American Idol' and More Secrets" by Kate Aurthur, www.thedailybeast.com. April 25, 2011.

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• Tengo rupturas que puedo atribuir a cada canción. Cuando tenía veinte años, elegía a gente que creara esa disfunción y ese drama para poder inspirarme en ellos.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Breakup, Song, Drama

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• Songwriters tell the truth.

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  Telling The Truth, Songwriters

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• Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.

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  Song, Artist, Years

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• There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get great when those intersect. A skilled songwriter can get you to that intersection.

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  Song, Inspiration, Careers

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• I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.

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  Parent, Stones, Excited

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• 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.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Idols, Trying, Being Myself

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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

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  Looks, Thrill, Records

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• 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.

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  Dream, Song, Phones

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• You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day, so their craft is really sharp, and it's the best songwriters who consistently get on the radio.

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  Writing, People, Musician

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• Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Voice, People, Looks

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• Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every "Idol" winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Song, Stars, Mean

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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• 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.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Canción, Trabajo, Pensamiento

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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• I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!' Songwriters' lives are unstable and up and down. Even though mine has sort of has followed more of a going toward the sky trajectory.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Sky, Pieces, Jewelry

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• 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.

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  Libro, Éxito, Pensamiento

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• 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.

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  Unique, Voice, People

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• Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with "Idol," it has got me past so much of that.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Kids, Past, Idols

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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• When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.

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  Hair, Looks, Ceilings

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

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  Song, Artist, Backbone

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• Puedo cantar delante de la gente. Puedo ir a un programa de televisión, en directo, y no sentir que voy a vomitar.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Tv Shows, People, Goes On

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• I've never been fired in my life.

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• I'm a native New Yorker, so I'm edgier; I kind of tell it like it is.

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  Kind, New Yorkers, Native

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• Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Bees, Great Writers, Bee Gees

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