I've never been fired in my life.

- 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

Songwriters tell the truth.

- 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

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 mom…

- 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

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 …

- Kara Dioguardi

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…

- 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