#ido

I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing. ↗

— Willie Aames

#i #idol #my own #own #parker

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#been #choreography #i #idol #jobs

I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#any #because #compare #contestant #cool

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

— Namie Amuro

#called #i #idol #me #people

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

— Namie Amuro

#could #gap #huge #i #idol

My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldn't understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer. ↗

— David Antin

#engineer #farmer #i #into #mother

There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#called #concerned #danger #divine #expression

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

— Kevin Bacon

#course #groupies #i #idol #love

Action is the antidote to despair. ↗

— Joan Baez

#antidote #despair

'American Idol' has taken over my whole life. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#american idol #idol #life #over #taken