Quotes About Idol

Yes, Kishore Kumar inspired me, but there was no pressure. I used to copy his style initially.

It's the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age - he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers. We all wanted to be like him.

A lot of young girls look up to me and it's amazing.

Young kids get motivated by everything. If they see a great dancer, some of them would want to become a dancer. If they see a great soccer player, they want to become a soccer player.

When Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner travels to China to play table tennis, he is mobbed when he leaves his hotel as if he were a rock star walking around Manhattan or a soccer star walking around Europe.

George Reeves was really Superman in my eyes. For him to come on the set and be there was a treat for me.

Wheresoever thou findest a high mountain or a lofty hill and a green tree, know that an idol is there!

'Hum-Tum' is my tribute to Kishor Kumar as he is my idol.

As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.

I can never be Michael Jackson or do what he did, but he is definitely a good inspiration: I want to give the kids that feeling.

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson

All that is worshipped is but a reflection of the worshipper.

Being on 'American Idol,' the blessings of glasses have rained from the sky. I really would like to start a Danny line or a Gokey line of eyeglasses.

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.

I was pretty taken with Patti Smith, she was my heroine.

My football idol growing up, I was named after Walter Payton, but my idols at RB were Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith.

My favorite was Magic Johnson. Talk about a man who loved to play basketball and who enjoyed it the most. And growing up I was big Katie Smith fan.

I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.

The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.

If I could work with Eddie Murphy on 'SNL,' I think I could quit comedy forever. For me and my generation, he's God.

The idol itself is not important. What is important is the way they perform the ritual, the way they say, "I love you, God.

Chantal berpikir: aku sudah jadi idola erotik seorang pengemis. Alangkah terhormat! Lalu dia koreksi dirinya sendiri: mengapa birahi pengemis harus kurang terhormat daripada nafsu pebisnis? Justru karena nafsu birahi pengemis tidak bakalan kesampaian, dalam nafsu itu terkandung sesuatu yang tak ternilai harganya: birahi itu merdeka dan tulus.

Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man.

Well, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes.