American Idol Quotes

• If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

  Simon Cowell

  Sight, People, Singing

  "Reality Check: 'Bikini Girl' Brings Out the Fight in New 'Idol' Judge Kara DioGuardi" by Diane Macedo, www.foxnews.com. January 14, 2009.

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• My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

  Simon Cowell

  Careers, Advice, Would Be

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• The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

  Adam Lambert

  Taken, Idols, Work Out

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• I would never discredit anyone that is working their way up on a show like "American Idol." I think they work so hard overcoming all of the obstacles to get on the show in the first place and then every week they are judged in front of all of America... I give them complete credit for getting up on stage... I think they deserve all the success that they get.

  Mandy Moore

  Thinking, Idols, America

  "Mandy Moore and Chris Klein Talk American Dreamz". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. April 19, 2006.

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• The best advice I could give is be yourself. Before I was on the American Idol show I made goals for myself. I said, "Who do I want to be, and what will I compromise, or won't I compromise?" And then, I stuck with that.

  Carmen Rasmusen

  Being Yourself, Idols, Giving

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.

  Mario Vazquez

  Thinking, Idols, America

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• American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years, so that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

  Corey Clark

  Jobs, Past, Years

  "Corey Clark Tells FOX: 'Idol' Defamed Me", www.foxnews.com. May 6, 2005.

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• I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.

  Natalie Gulbis

  Reality, Idols, Tv Shows

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• 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.

  Katey Sagal

  Fun, Heart, Kids

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• I've told many people that I'm not looking to go out there and find the most beautiful girl in the world who likes me because I'm 'Mr. American Idol Scott McCreery.' If I could just find a nice hometown girl who just likes me for who I am, that's all I want.

  Scotty McCreery

  Beautiful, Girl, Nice

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• I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.

  Tom DeLonge

  Idols, Ifs, Loses

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• I think American Idol is a great career launcher.  A blessing for all of us.

  LaToya London

  Blessing, Thinking, Idols

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• You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

  Barry Manilow

  Kids, Idols, Three

  "Barry Manilow On Singing Standards And His Real Job". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 7, 2012.

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• There are plenty of people who are willing to pay $2.6 million for 30 seconds on the Super Bowl and hundreds of thousands of dollars for 'American Idol.' There will be advertising dollars on the Internet. We're there as well. We win either way.

  Leslie Moonves

  Winning, Idols, People

  "CBS Chief Isn't Worried About YouTube or Google — 'As Long as We Get Paid'". Interview with Frank Rose, www.wired.com. May 16, 2007.

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• 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.

  Chris Daughtry

  Idols, Together Again, Voice

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• Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.

  Jake Owen

  Order, Idols, People

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• Last year was the fourth or fifth attempt to get fall launched till 'American Idol' comes in January. To be honest, the reality programming we had on last year was considered filler until we could get to the good stuff. It was meant to hopefully get us to January andor to November. To get past baseball. But (it) didn't work very well.

  Mike Darnell

  Baseball, Fall, Reality

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• This is basically the last resort. I've been painted into a corner, and now I've sort of got to lay it all out in order for things to be straightened up. I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that. So in order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.

  Corey Clark

  Moving, Order, Years

  "Corey Clark says Paula Abdul 'Told me she loved me'", www.mtv.com. May 06, 2005.

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• I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

  Paul McDonald

  Being Yourself, Unique, Idols

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• You know, something like 90 people who have now filed to run for governor in this recall election. They say there could be as many as 200 people on the ballot. You know, it's really easy to run here in California. All you need is like a couple of signatures, not many, thirty-five hundred bucks, you're on the ballot, like that. I mean, what does it say about California? We have stricter requirements to get on 'American Idol' than we do to run for governor.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Couple, Mean

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• American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

  Corey Clark

  Lying, Years, Idols

  "Corey Clark Tells FOX: 'Idol' Defamed Me". www.foxnews.com. May 06, 2005.

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• I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.

  Lee DeWyze

  Idols, Appreciate, Never Forget

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• Long before "American Idol" people used to call me a diva. And I be like, "Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva."

  Jennifer Hudson

  Idols, Long, People

  "'Idol' Finalist Jennifer Hudson Believes She Was Robbed". Interview with Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. April 23, 2004.

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• [My son] Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Country, Son, Idols

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• These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.

  Barry Manilow

  Moving, Reality, Idols

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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