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Kara DioGuardi

(1970) Singer United States

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Kara DioGuardi is a singer from the United States, best known for A helluva high note.

Quick Facts About Kara DioGuardi

Born: December 9, 1970
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: A helluva high note

About Kara DioGuardi

Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, and singer. She primarily writes music in the pop rock genre. She has worked with many popular artists; sales of albums on which her songs appear exceed 160 million worldwide. DioGuardi is a 2011 NAMM Music for Life Award winner, 2009 NMPA Songwriter Icon Award winner, 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year, and has received 20 BMI Awards for co-writing songs.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Kara DioGuardi

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…

Buying

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

Bee gees

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Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to…

Art

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I can make the argument that people who don't have the biggest ranges but have very unique voices, even if they may…

Argument

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I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and…

Breakup

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

Adventure

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You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing…

Accelerate

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

Art

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I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I…

Being myself

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

Art

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Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol,' it has…

Fright

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I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!'…

Bigs

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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 you

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I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that makes it contemporary.…

Bruno mars

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The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it…

Art

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I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha…

Dori

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I wanted a child, and there was no way I could get pregnant under the stress of 18-hour work days and live…

Achieve

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Songwriters tell the truth.

Songwriters

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I've never been fired in my life.

Life

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

Hey

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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my…

Becoming

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

Kind

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There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more…

Achieve

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I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to…

Feels

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

Ceilings

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