Quotes About Idolization

Always looked up to Brian and his skating, I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing, and I wanted a triple axel.

Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.

My kids used to do things to aggravate me, too. I'd take them to a game, and they'd want to come home with a different player.

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.

Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.

I've heard when girls meet 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, they throw up on them and faint. I wouldn't want to get thrown up on.

Just the title of 'American Idol' is something that people can look up to. I'm not Saint Scott, I'm not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model.

It would be great to be super-human, to give the fans just what they want.

I believe my readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up

I grew up, I was going I want to be Jerry Lee Lewis. Only I can't play piano and sing that good.

I'm not so much a good friend as I'm the savior who wants you to worship him forever.

You can never connect on a deeper level if you idolise someone - you don't see the real person.

I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have.

I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.

Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality.

I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn't perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor.

I'd never compare myself to Freddie Mercury because I look up to him far too much. As an artist, not necessarily as a person.

I have a weird crush on Meryl Streep.

I'd never look at someone and think he's better than me, unless it's Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

I can mark Messi only in my dreams.

Growing up, I loved Messi. I love how he dribbles, how he plays the game, it just makes it look so easy and it makes it look so fun.

You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael Jackson. I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him.

I was madly in love with Michael Jackson.

Like growing up, I felt that Michael Jackson would dance for all the hours that god gave in a day!