Idol Quotes

The 'American Idol' and 'X Factor' shows, they're great shows. But I think I need to make a show like that, directed straight to the hood, to the artists that don't get the attention, that don't have the money to make themselves representable.
Snoop Dogg

Money, Great, American

There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.
Carrie Underwood

Mean, Said, American

American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.
Carrie Underwood

Age, Everything, American

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.
Delphine de Girardin

Love, Human, Fire

I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
Vanessa Hudgens

Love, Play, Wanted

Being on 'Idol,' you have no choice but to be an open book.
Jordin Sparks

Book, Choice, Open

Since 'Idol' I've gotten used to having an amazing hair and make-up team around me, so I'm starting to get picky. I know what I like now and I'm happy to say 'Could we maybe change that?' if I don't like something. I don't yell or anything, but I think I could definitely start to act a little diva-ish when it comes to my look.
Jordin Sparks

Change, Amazing, Happy

I look up to my brother - he inspires me so much. He has always been my best friend. He knows everything. I left the house at 16 when I auditioned for 'American Idol' and he was 14. It was one of those things that was so sudden and neither of us expected it. He has been so supportive of me even though I know that every time I leave, it hurts him.
Jordin Sparks

Time, Best, Friend

I'm excited about the new judges on 'American Idol.' Jennifer Lopez was a real mentor to me my season and I admire her so much. And I kind of have a crush on Steven Tyler. It's going to be interesting to see is one person going to stand out among the judges or if everyone will sort of be equal.
Jordin Sparks

Real, Person, Everyone

With 'Idol' it's kind of just like 'OK, here's this competition - I need to do better than somebody else.'
Jordin Sparks

Else, Here, Somebody

When I was on 'Idol' and 17, everything was so new. Everyone is so nice and wants to see you succeed.
Jordin Sparks

Nice, Everything, Everyone

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.
Serena Williams

Someone, King, Jean

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
Rick Springfield

Time, Teen, Stuff

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.
Kevin Bacon

Love, Between, Pop

I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.
Wentworth Miller

Money, Grateful, American

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.
Dee Dee Ramone

Time, Cool, Rock

I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
Katey Sagal

Fun, America, Sometimes

I'm just happy that 'Idol' producers gave me a shot on the show and to be able to show who I really was, because I feel like I'm every single woman.
Nicki Minaj

Happy, Woman, Single

My best and worst 'Idol' moments? I don't have a worst 'Idol' moment... I've been spectacular. Yes, I am going to toot my own horn. And then my best moment is every single moment. I'll toot it again!
Nicki Minaj

Best, Single, Moment

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.
Nicki Minaj

Time, American, Write

'The Voice' has lots of singers who fit the 'Idol' mold of young, innocent ingenues with psycho stage moms. But it also has long-suffering adult pros, with a whiff of thirtysomething despair in their voices. That adds an edge of realness.
Rob Sheffield

Young, Despair, Voice

On 'Idol,' Steven Tyler will be sitting at a table with two other judges, and part of his job will be keeping his yap zipped while they talk. This makes no sense at all, since Tyler has zero yap-zipping skills.
Rob Sheffield

Job, Two, Sense

Everybody is a teenage idol.
Barry Gibb

Everybody, Teenage

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
Vincent D'Onofrio

Teen, Character, Wanted

If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her... I like her.
Simon Cowell

American, Her, Choose

I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing.
Willie Aames

Teen, Wanted, Typical

Long before 'American Idol', people used to call me a diva. And I be like, 'Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva.'
Jennifer Hudson

Good, Long, Before

'American Idol' has changed the face of television.
Jennifer Hudson

American, Face, Television

What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!
Isaac Mizrahi

Forget, Working, Said

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists.
Paula Abdul

Writing, Pretty, Artists

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