Idol Quotes

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.

The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.

I'm not unattractive, but I'm not a matinee idol. I think I have a very non-threatening look - I'm fine, I'm right in the middle.

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar.

Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.

Before 'Idol,' I was lost... Now, I've actually followed through with something. I am a better man for it!

When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.

When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.

People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.

American Idol allowed us to find 'Carrie Underwood.'

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.

If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.

Most people use Twitter to meet girls, and I use it to meet 'American Idol' contestants!

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

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?

I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'