When I look at myself, I’d like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling. Kara DioGuardi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Kara DioGuardi Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Kara DioGuardi Read Quote
Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated. Kara DioGuardi Read Quote
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. Kara DioGuardi Read Quote
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. Kara DioGuardi Read Quote
