Kara DioGuardi Quotes

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that.

Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day.

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.

I want to sell out arenas and make an album and work with some of the best artists in the world.

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

The whole industry evolves around a great song.

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

The one thing I'm really the most confident in as an artist is my songwriting ability and ear for pop music. I'm really excited to show that off. It was a side that I wasn't able to show on 'American Idol.'

A song is a song and a hit record can change a life.

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

I know I have experience, having worked with the likes of legendary composers like Ilaiyaraaja. And, I've been long enough with my dear friend A. R. Rahman, and we've collaborated on several musical works. All this gives me confidence.

I'd much rather be worrying about playing that note in tune, and picking out the best way to arrange the song, rather than thinking about pricing for the download. It's not art.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

Anyone who takes the craft of songwriting seriously I radiate towards. Spending time with Daryl Hall was a dream come true. I picked his brain a lot because Hall And Oats is timeless.

Put out great music, and that's that.

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.

I've just always been around great songwriters. To me, they were the standard.

I am a songwriter at heart, and I feel like I would, in the future, write songs for other people. I don't think I want to pursue it for myself, for a solo career.