As the recipient of 14 Oscar nominations, Diane Warren knows a thing or two about persistence. The songwriter behind Oscar-nominated hits like “Because You Loved Me,” “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” and most recently “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman” contends that the only way to become good at what you do is by doing it a lot.
“I never wanted to be on the stage or singing the song, I just wanted to write the songs,” Warren said in the latest installment of How She Did It, presented by Johnnie Walker. “It’s hard to make a living as a songwriter, it’s hard to break through.