yASSsss 35,510 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Warren has penned hundreds of heartbreaking songs about intimacy and romance for Whitney Houston, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Gloria Estefan and many, many more. But she's long sworn that she does not do romance in real life.When I met her at her LA offices and wondered about what it's like to write about things she doesn't experience herself, Warren immediately jumped in. "Like love?" she asked. "You know, I haven't been in love the way most people have been in love. But I know what love feels like. I love my cat." Warren didn't need to use her imagination for a recent song she wrote with Lady Gaga. "Til It Happens to You," which is nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar for Best Song, appears on the soundtrack of a documentary about rape on college campuses called The Hunting Ground. Warren is candid about how the topic intersects with her own life. "Look, I was molested," she says. "I never told my mom — well, I told her later in life. My mom goes, 'Why didn't you tell your dad?' I don't know. I felt weird. Maybe you feel it's a little bit your fault or something ... I was, like, 12 years old. What did I know?" As a songwriter, Warren says she hasn't had to withstand the level of objectification and harassment faced by female performers — but that rape culture stretches through American life, from college campuses to the music industry. She told me a story I couldn't put on the air about going to a meeting as a young songwriter, trying to get a foothold in the business, where an engineer openly masturbated in front of her. "It was really weird," she says. "I never told that to anyone." She's understated, dry, wry, and still quietly angry. Perhaps it takes the chops of a Diane Warren to write a mainstream pop anthem about rape. She says the assault she endured affects her to this day: "It's maybe why I don't get close to people," she says quietly. "It's maybe why I don't have relationships." But writing and talking about this song, Warren says, has been unexpectedly healing. "I'm good," she says. "Everything, even the bad stuff, makes you who you are." Read More: http://www.npr.org/2016/02/12/466449637/diane-warren-on-til-it-happens-to-you-a-modern-anthem-for-a-hard-truth Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenli 826 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Damn I can't blame her for finding it hard to trust people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Yeah, pretty miserable. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah 26,981 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Really sad ⟡ ⋆ ˚｡⋆🦢⋆ ˚｡⋆⟡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katharine Hepburn 4,607 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 These traumatic experiences are truly awful and destroy lives. xoxo Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashamednudist 164 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Sorry for her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloZell Green 11,723 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 What is wrong with this world. I feel so sorry for her. Lady Gaga | Shakira Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardevoir 9,878 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Poor soul. Sugar, spice, and everything nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 866 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 She seems like a really nice person. I hope she and Gaga stays friends Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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