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 More Quotes by Diane Warren More Quotes From Diane Warren 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 me you song people 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 me music simple people 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 feel good you talent I've been in grocery stores, and if they're playing my music, I'll yell, 'Hey! I wrote that!' I've been next to cars and have done that! Diane Warren playing next music done I was born loving music. It was always my friend. Diane Warren loving friend born music You have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never took the talent for granted - I've always worked really hard to be as good as I could be. Diane Warren never good you talent I don't just do power ballads. I have a lot of up-tempo stuff, too - like 'Can't Fight the Moonlight.' Diane Warren fight just like power I'm totally an East Coast person, energetic and sarcastic. I'm not a nice L.A. person. Diane Warren person energetic nice sarcastic I like writing all different kinds of songs. I've wanted to run the gamut of artists. Diane Warren run like different writing Being inducted into the songwriting hall of fame by Clive Davis, that was pretty memorable. Diane Warren pretty being memorable fame Oh yeah; I love when I'm writing something that makes me cry - that's so cool. If it got me to do that, it's going to get someone else to do that. Diane Warren cool me cry love When I turned 14, I became very obsessed with writing songs, and it took over my existence. Diane Warren songs over existence writing Yeah, it would be great to win. It would be( expletive) awesome, i feel like a team that’s gone to the World Series for decades and decades, and never wins. Diane Warren He believed in me so much he would take me to music publishers when I was 14 or 15, my mom would be saying, ‘ Why are you doing it ? Why are you encouraging her ? She ca n’t make a living off that. ’. Diane Warren I sit in my little room all by myself( writing), and somehow the song touches people and makes them cry and makes them feel something, it’s always amazing. Diane Warren
