Can you tell us about the process of writing a song for a person like Celine Dion? Let's listen to this track. SHAPIRO: And that really does come through on this album with tracks featuring Santana, John Legend, Celine Dion and many more. SHAPIRO: You can be such a chameleon as a songwriter and have been your whole career. It's kind of a microcosm of my career 'cause I've always been in a lot of different genres of music. You know, this was me kind of doing my version of that, curating an album with, you know, all kinds of different artists. So I'm doing kind of my version of what, you know, a producer DJ does, right? So Mark Ronson or Calvin Harris, people like that that kind of curate a record featuring different artists with, you know, songs they produced or wrote or whatever. She compared her role to someone like DJ Khaled. 1." But we should clarify - she doesn't actually sing lead vocals on this album.
She's out with her debut album called "The Cave Sessions, Vol. SHAPIRO: Well, today marks a first for Diane Warren. You know, I wanted to write the songs that artists sang, you know, even when I started out, when I was a kid.
She told me that she has always been most comfortable away from the stage, behind the scenes.ĭIANE WARREN: I mean, I just kind of knew, I think, you know, what I would be good at. She has written some of the greatest hits of several genres, spanning decades, working with artists from Tina Turner to Elton John to Britney Spears. SHAPIRO: Well, the answer is they were all written by one woman - Diane Warren. I don't want to.īEYONCE: (Singing) I was here. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING")ĪEROSMITH: (Singing) I don't want to close my eyes.
SHAPIRO: "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith. TONI BRAXTON: (Singing) Un-break my heart. What do the next three songs have in common? "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton.
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