- Born
- Birth nameDiane Eve Warren
- Diane was born in Van Nuys, California, USA on September 7, 1956 to parents David and Flora Warren. She become a prolific writer in her neighborhood, writing songs every day and eventually surpassing 1,000 of them. Her dad (an insurance salesman) took Diane to see publishers who said she had potential, but to come back and see them in the future. After signing with producer Jack White, circa 1983, the partnership produced her songs "Solitaire" and "Hot Night", which was recorded by Laura Branigan for the Ghostbusters (1984) soundtrack. It was also the beginning of a long line of film song projects, which produced many Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. After a legal battle with producer Jack White, Diane started her own publishing company called "Real Songs" in the late 80s. The company has the rights to all her songs and makes deals with hundreds of artists (and record companies) who record them.
- IMDb mini biography by: Alice Keymer
- ParentsFlora Warren
- Her catalog of more than 1,000 songs brings her about $20 million in royalties each year.
- She has written more than 90 Billboard top ten hits. 38 of those songs have reached #1.
- She writes her songs in a room of her publishing business that has not been cleaned in over 17 years because she is superstitious. She calls this room her "secret world." She didn't even clean this room after the Northridge earthquake.
- She is the first songwriter in Billboard history to have seven songs on the Hot 100 simultaneously.
- She is autistic and believes being neurodivergent has made her a better songwriter.
- [on Kanye West posting a video on Twitter of someone - urinating on a Grammy Award that had been placed in a toilet]How vile and disrespectful of U." This was given to U by your peers out of respect for your work and U r literally pissing on them. I've won one Grammy and I'm forever grateful and humble that my peers found me worthy of it
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