Diane Warren
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280 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard Mar 2025
Diane Warren’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, I was signed to this German publisher. His name was Jack White, not White Stripes, Jack White. So it was like my first publishing deal. So I was kind of... I don't know if I'm answering the question, but...
Of those days, like it seemed a lot more fun. Like, you know, that era.
Before it got really corporate, yeah.
And then later on I became, a couple of my friends were in promotion, record promotion. So I would go out with them and, you know, remember La Dome back in the day? Yeah.
You know, and all those places that were like just, and I wasn't really a partier. I was, you know, I wanted to get to work the next day. And I'd be staying at my friend's house, you know, and getting ready to get up to work. And, you know, her roommate would be coming. They were all coked out of their minds. They're coming back in the morning. And I don't know. Those were crazy days.
It must be weird to get in now where it's all about TikTok.
Would the greatest artist in the world be signed now? Would Prince be signed? If his TikTok numbers were high?
Probably, which is so sad.
So I grew up, I came up when it wasn't like that. And I'll be in the studios. I work with a lot of young artists. And I'll be like, oh, so why aren't they promoting that song? Oh, it's a great song. It's a great record. Oh, the TikTok numbers aren't high. Oh, the data. Like... You know, the data that matters is does it make the hair on your arm stand up? Does it make you feel something?
And it's so tech data, you know, it's the antithesis of... Yeah, it's not a harp.
Now, imagine you get... Well, doors can open, but if your TikTok numbers aren't high... But that's what's so crazy. Like in the Springsteen days where they'd wait to... I think it was his second album that broke, you know? It wouldn't have even been his second single. Yeah, I mean... They would have dropped him.
Oh, I've worked with some of them. You know, yes. And it's like, oh, my God. It was like some kind of viral TikTok thing that was lightning in a bottle. This isn't a real artist. It's like they're not going to last.
You know, and I, yeah, I deal with that sometimes.
Oh, I always knew I didn't want to be the person behind the microphone. I always knew I just wanted to write.
Again, maybe I made that up. No, I've never been a frustrated artist. I never, no. But I did start a record that I might finish just for the fuck of it. Like not that I care about it. But like, no, I like being, I'm very happy behind the scenes with better singers singing my songs.
It's happened. It's happened.
Once it's a hit, I'm like, well, it's the right voice.
You're lucky you're a great singer.
You know, I'm like, you know, Blanche Dubois in Streetcar Named Desire. I always depend on the kindness of strangers.
You know, no, I try to write the best song I can write. And then, like, a lot of my songs go different ways. But, like, I just try to write a great song. But then as I'm writing it, I'm thinking, oh, that could be right for so-and-so. Or someone that I never thought of, like Steven Tyler. Like, I don't want to miss a thing.
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