Dioguardi V Quotes & Sayings

I've never been fired in my life. — Kara DioGuardi

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

Songwriters tell the truth. — Kara DioGuardi

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

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

No, nothing,' said Dumbledore, and a great sadness filled his face. 'The time is long gone when I could frighten you with a burning wardrobe and force you to make repayment for your crimes. But I wish I could, Tom ... I wish I could ... — J.K. Rowling

Putting together an agenda before a staff meeting is like a marriage counselor deciding what issues she's going to cover with a couple prior to meeting with them. — Patrick Lencioni

Raising a child is a time of RAPID CHANGE! From the ages of 0 to 19, a PARENT can age over 30 years! — Tanya Masse

I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock ballad. There's a lot of guitars and drums in it. — Ashley Tisdale

Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated. — Kara DioGuardi

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

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class. — Chuck Schumer

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

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. — Kara DioGuardi

With this ring, I promise you a strong shoulder to cry on. I promise to hold and care for you whenever you need me. I promise to bring you comfort when you're sad and to defend you to the last. I give you faith, trust and commitment unfailing. I promise to love you with every breath in my lungs and beat of my heart until the end of time. I promise that the only heart I own will always belong to you and it will never beat for another as long I live. I promise picnics in the summer and cozy nights by the fire in winter. I promise to always cherish and appreciate you and everything you do and to show you every day just how much you mean to me. I will always be yours and you will always be mine. This I promise you — Marie Coulson

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

But finally, into the world came a baby girl, just as, I'm very, very sorry to say, her mother, and my sister, slipped away from the world after a long night of suffering - but also a night of joy, as the birth of a baby is always good news, no matter how much bad news the baby will hear later. — Lemony Snicket

Here lies the basic flaw of all doubt. It can never really be satisfied. No evidence is ever fully, finally enough. Doubt wants always to consume, never to consummate. It clamors endlessly for an answer and so drowns out any answer that might be given it. — Mark Buchanan

There is a kinship between the concepts of nature and radical contingency. — Maurice Merleau Ponty

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

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

There's something called the 'Washington Read,' which is the habit of many locals to go into a bookstore, pull a book off the shelf, rifle through the index to see if they're in there. — Mark Leibovich

Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer. — Kara DioGuardi

Some birdies were about a family with hardships. Other days, birdie was a selfless teacher. And birdie from before is my first love. — Kim Su-mi

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

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

She entered the hall at the same time he did from the opposite side. With a cry that told her exactly how worried she'd been about him, she raced into his arms.
She could hear the reverberation of his laugh in his chest as he lifted her up and spun her in his arms. Still in his embrace, he set her feet back on the ground and pressed a quick kiss on her lips, the brevity of which she suspected was due to their audience. His voice was low and husky. "Miss me?"
-Kenneth Sutherland & Mary of Mar — Monica McCarty

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

Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had. — Alice Walker

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

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. — Kara DioGuardi

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

For the rest of the morning they worked quietly ad steadily, realizing that their contentment here at Uncle Monty's house did not erase their parents' death, not at all, but at least it made them feel better after feeling so sad, for so long. — Lemony Snicket

Whenever you become empowered,
you will be tested. — Caroline Myss

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. — Kara DioGuardi

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. — Kara DioGuardi

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

Do you have an emergency fund? If not, build one - aim for three months of expenses to start, then boost it to six. It will ease your anxiety and get you out of a potential jam. — Jean Chatzky

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

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