Three takeaways from Diane Warren keynote at MUSEXPO

Prolific and successful hit songwriter Diane Warren kicked off the MUSEXPO conference in Los Angeles with a keynote interview that gave an endearing look at her views on songwriting.

According to Music Week, she touched on:

Single-mindedly pursuing the dream:

“You’ve always got to prove the realists wrong.

“I never had any self-doubt and there was no plan B.

“It was this or become a bag lady.”

The current trend of multiple writers writing a hit:

“When I see eight to 10 writers on a song, I wonder, ‘What did you do? Get the coffee?’

“I’m not in those rooms, I refuse. It’s not my thing.”

Songwriting in the streaming age:

“What I do hasn’t changed.

“It’s all about the song, whether you stream it or buy it.

“It’s just a singes business again, like in the ‘60s.”