Quotes About Idol

Prosperity and comfort were joys everyone should have. But the pursuit of money for its own sake, at the expense of our self-respect, creativity, and compassionate humanity, was the worship of a false idol.

When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me.

When I was a kid growing up, I ate my vitamins, worked out because Hulk Hogan told me to.

On 'Idol,' you have to show off your vocal abilities, so I stuck to the ballads, so I'm glad my first single is 'Tonight' so I can show off my fun, young side, and what I want to do as an artist.

David Bowie has always been my vocal inspiration ever since I was a child.

On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads.

I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time was Brandy. I fell in love with her voice when I was six years old. I always loved Brandy.

'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.

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.

I've always wanted to meet Robert Downey, Jr. because I think he's awesome.

Every time I see Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie, I'm like, 'Dude, you're awesome. I want to be just like you when I grow up.'

Other boys went to see Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth came to see me.

I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand.

I grew up a massive Beatles fan.

Yahweh—a jealous god, who would hold men to himself and who turned mankind away from the Tree of Immortality, instead of leading us to it. Such a god in the Orient would be regarded as a deluding idol.

I've never met Beckham, but I'd love to. I'm a massive fan of him. Hopefully we can cross paths and chat.

People like Paul Scholes were in my way at United - what are you going to do with that? You just look at him as an idol. I have watched him since I was a little kid. I couldn't have had a much better teacher.

Just like everyone else, I was a big fan of Paul Bearer and Percy Pringle and all of the other names that he went by.

Paul was a huge movie star, and I think really what I didn't realize about Paul that I've since learned, is how loved Paul was to this scale.

Paul McCartney would be the end all, be all. To work with Paul would just be amazing.

Paul McCartney has always been the love of my life.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

I don't have an idol per se.

I grew up with Tagore and nobody ever expresses the emotion of love like he did and he understood women so well. He is the perfect man everybody dreams of, including me.