I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch of chords that sound cool together, and something just inspires an idea from that. Diane Warren Read Quote
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. That’s like eating or breathing to me. It’s that simple. Diane Warren Read Quote
I usually don’t write songs by people calling me and saying, ‘Write a song about this.’ Usually I’m just going with what I want to write, so you never know. Diane Warren Read Quote
Maybe my songs are my partner. How ’bout that? Yeah, the biggest relationship I have is with my songs. Diane Warren Read Quote
I thought I was good before I had any right to. But I think you got to feel that way. You got to think that. I wasn’t delusional. I knew I had talent. Diane Warren Read Quote
I’ve been lucky, because people have done such great versions of my songs, and I’ve worked with the best singers ever, and I’m lucky that way. Diane Warren Read Quote
When I was small, my parents came back from Tijuana, and my dad bought me a very small acoustic guitar. I loved it. I started making up my own songs right away. Diane Warren Read Quote
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 just too weird to be in a relationship. Diane Warren Read Quote