Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi

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

Kara DioGuardi
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 moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.

Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi

Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol,' it has got me past so much of that.

Kara DioGuardi
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.