Diane Warren

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. ”

I've never been in love. I know, it's weird. ”

Maybe my songs are my partner. How 'bout that? Yeah, the biggest relationship I have is with my songs. ”

When I turned 14, I became very obsessed with writing songs, and it took over my existence. ”

I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch of chords that sound cool together, and something just inspires an idea from that. ”

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. ”

Cher hated 'If I Could Turn Back Time.' I had to beg her, literally, on my knees, just to try it. Happens all the time. ”