I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore…

The difficulty in working with someone on a show like Idol or X Factor is they have an idea of what they think is…

— Ryan Tedder

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up...…

— John Lennon

Leadership that is entirely self-directed will always be pathological. The only thing worse than worshipping an idol is to act like an idol.

— Mel Lawrenz

I like that I stand for something like American Idol which helps musicians and artists get out there. It's important to have shows like…

— Lee DeWyze

Someone like Raheem is like an idol to me.

— Callum Hudson-Odoi

I just want to show that you don't have to be changing yourself 100 percent to be someone that you're not. You don't have…

— Jamie Park

I have always loved Ben Folds, he's like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.

— Finneas

People who have seen my movies don't look at me like an idol. They just give me a lot of love and respect.

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them.

— Molly Ivins

I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's…

— Kelly Clarkson

“‎A careful reading of the Old and New Testaments shows that idolatry is nothing like the crude picture that springs to mind of a…

— Richard Keyes

Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself.

— Arthur Eddington

The fact that an Englishman has an Argentinian as an idol is very rare. I keep watching my [title-winning] goal against QPR and every…

— Sergio Aguero

Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.

— Rumi

That's one of my idols, I really look up to Pacquiao. This guy is everything I would want to be.

— Ryan Garcia