Happy feet Quote by Fantasia Barrino

They had me all happy, singing. It was very awkward. I think the writers are frantically planning something appropriate to honor him, but we…

— Kristin Chenoweth

You couldn't be performing if it weren't for the audience. I appreciate them being there. So why not applaud them? They took time out…

— Hilary Hahn

All my idols have been in the studio with me, because they wanted to be there.

— DJ Premier

One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who…

— Waylon Jennings

It's such an honor. I still get, I guess, starstruck, at the Opry. Because there's so much history here and there are so many…

— Kellie Pickler

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.

— Rick Springfield

In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the…

— M.I.A

We performed at the VMAs, which is crazy because we grew up watching that show and all of our inspirations and idols were there.

— Normani Kordei

I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

— Dolly Parton

When most artists walk offstage, they go to a lonely hotel room. I went home to my family. They were there before the show,…

— Gloria Estefan

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience…

— Tommy Shaw

I wasn't on 'Idol' for very long, but I know I was pretty polarizing during my run.

— Adore Delano