Quotes About Idols

Everyone has gods. You just don't think they're gods.

Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

Wil Wheaton, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes were all the early formidable crushes of my girlhood.

I have a huge crush on Josh Hutcherson and all the guys in One Direction!

I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald.

In my pantheon of comedy idols there's maybe six people: Lisa Kudrow, Conan O'Brian, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Martin Short. Lisa is at the top.

I've always been a huge fan of Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and George Strait. That's what I grew up on. But I also loved Usher and Justin Timberlake.

I'm a massive fan of Troye Sivan, Ariana Grande, and Justin Timberlake.

I love Justin Bieber, love Drake.

My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.

I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.

I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.

My greatest desire was to be in a sandbox with Kevin Kline or Kenneth Branagh - to be with the people I admired - and I have.

I love Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Usher, Mariah Carey... all that stuff.

I kinda learned to sing singing to Echo and the Bunnymen songs and Smiths songs: Morrissey would be a big favorite.

I have three man crushes: Kit Harington, Ryan Gosling, and Alexander Skarsgard.

I'm a big Rick Ross fan, and I think everybody knows I'm a big Kanye fan.

Eminem is like a God to me. Besides that, Kurt Cobain has been my evergreen musical guru.

Thierry Henry is one of my heroes; he is one of the players I watched when I was younger. When I was 17, I changed position to be a forward, and he, along with the Brazilian Ronaldo, were the two players I tried to mirror my performance on, so I would watch how they scored goals.

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.

I was a youngster looking up to dudes like Vicky McClure, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha - in fact, he was a big influence on how I was able to detach drama from the all-singing, all-dancing stigma.

Pop stars are pop stars. People, especially the youngsters, are crazy for them.

Having grown up in that area, and being like every other kid that grows up in that area, it's John Havlicek, it's Bobby Orr, it's Sam Bam Cunningham, it's names and players like that who you kind of live your dreams through. Having come from there, I'm very proud of the fact I'm from Boston and continue to be proud of that.

My dad was my hero when I was a young boy. And then it's a toss-up between Han Solo, the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team, and Marlon Brando.