“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.” HeartSometimesBigsKidsAmericaFunWatchesTalentIdolsCornyAdmissionWatchersAmerican Idol Author:Katey Sagal
“Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. In this great balance of utility, the spiritual service of art has no weight, and, deprived of all encouragement, it vanishes from the noisy Vanity Fair of our time.” ArtAgeSpiritualPurposeTalentBalanceFairsWeightEncouragementVanityOur TimeIdolsSwearDeprivedUtilityAllegianceNoisyVanity Fair Author:Friedrich Schiller
“Shelley was an idol of mine -- and many -- an extraordinary woman with powerful charisma, enormous talent and a keen, perceptive mind.” MindPowerfulTalentMinesExtraordinaryEnormousIdolsCharismaShelley Author:Connie Stevens
“Pop Idol, X Factor, Fame Academy, there's so much talent out there. It's great to see people getting the chance to show their potential” PeopleShowsChanceTalentFamePopsFactorsIdolsAcademy Author:Gordon Brown
“My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent and because of what he went through to be as good as he was.” Growing UpGrowingPlayerTalentBasketballEthicsIdolsWork EthicJordanBasketball Player Author:Justin Timberlake
“I thought the first two seasons of America's Got Talent were good. I think this one is the best one by a mile because they - you see the difference this year, I think, with the crowd being effectively the fourth judge. But most importantly, I think that these shows have to have a relevance because if you're not finding stars at the back of these shows - whether it's Idol or Got Talent - they're a complete waste of time.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsTwoShowsAmericaStarsDifferencesTalentJudgingWasteFindingsSeasonsCrowdsMilesWasting TimeIdolsFourthRelevance Author:Simon Cowell
“Julie Chen. She's my ultimate celebrity idol. I think she's one of the most amazing interviewers and hosts ever - and would kill to pick her brain. I am a fangirl of talent, so to see someone slaying the competition doing what I'd love to do, that's inspiring to me.” ThinkingBrainTalentPicksUltimateCompetitionHostIdolsMost AmazingInterviewersFangirlSlaying Author:Tyler Oakley
“Footballing qualities can be developed, but Stoichkov is a player with character and inborn talent. I've seen him produce fantastic plays even from impossible situations... I couldn't believe it, when I heard that I used to be his idol.” BelievePlayCharacterUsedQualitySituationPlayerImpossibleHeardTalentProduceUsed To BeFantasticFranceIdolsImpossible Situations Author:Michel Patini
“What I have noticed which I'm not nuts about that the trend that a lot of shows are hiring the American Idol type of talent without real training and real technique and I think that audiences are smart and sometimes seeing that things are not as high caliber as they were before.” ThinkingRealSometimesShowsAudienceSeeingTalentTypeSmartTrainingTechniqueTrendsNutsIdolsHiringAmerican IdolCaliber Author:Hugh Panaro