Quotes About Performance

I've been moved around my whole life and it's been documented, so if you get paid loads of money to go on TV and act like a right idiot... great stuff!

I'm kind of a hokey-jokey, campy idiot in black lipstick, but when it comes to my music, I take it very seriously.

I don't get hassled when I am doing a role that looks idiotic to me.

I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

'American Idol' is a juggernaut... Because of my 'American Idol' win, I am able to do the thing that I love most, which is to be an entertainer.

It gets old, all of it. People putting a lot of hopes and dreams on you. Telling you they put money on you, and 'you're my kid's idol.'

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.

I'm also a big 'American Idol' fan. I think it's just great fun.

I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.

'American Idol' was fun; it was definitely an experience. I was 16 years old when I did it, and I was curious about how I would do on the show.

I have a bit of a problem with 'American Idol.' Forgive me, but it's difficult for me to watch. I can't help but think of people being exploited. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying 'Glee.'

Fred Astaire is my real idol.

You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don't think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.

The star system, the idol, the cult of personality is not the only way to be in entertainment.

It seems that people view idol stars in a bit different perspective now, and I am going to keep singing and dancing until whenever I can.

I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.

I'd stay on tour for the rest of my life if I could. It's awesome.

I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to see if I could do it. I took the scenes out of the script and put them together and read them as one little arc, story and that seemed to work.

I don't know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way - all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup - all the time. When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.

If I could find the perfect career of doing television and movies where I could sing, that would be great.

If I could say what my dream role to dance was that I didn't get to do, if I had to choose one, it would be Giselle in 'Giselle.'

If I could do a sort of comical musical, that would be everything!

I don't sing. If I could sing or dance, I would have done something really gross in a G-string by now - when I wasn't working and was desperate - and ruined my career.