I don't watch 'American Idol,' but I wouldn't call it 'undignified.'

- Buzz Aldrin

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.

- Clay Aiken

People tell me I'm their idol and a huge inspiration - that's really surreal.

- Charlotte Dujardin

I don't really care that much about being a matinee idol.

- Casey Affleck

I've never watched an entire episode of 'American Idol'. It's too mean.

- Christina Aguilera

Most people use Twitter to meet girls, and I use it to meet 'American Idol' contestants!

- Chris Jericho

There's a lot I've yet to say about 'American Idol,' so I am excited about teaming up with 'Idol Go Home' and starting my blog.

- Brian Dunkleman

I don't watch 'American Idol' - that'd be like getting divorced from somebody and then hanging out with them.

- Brian Dunkleman

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

Everybody is a teenage idol.

- Barry Gibb

Right when I started in show... Milton Berle was my first idol. When I was a kid, I went to see Milton at Lowe's State, and I never laughed so much, and I said, 'That's who I want to be; that's what I want to be.'

- Alan King

Martha Stewart's my idol.

- Blake Lively

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

- Billy Corgan

Richard Burton is my number one idol. One, because we come from very similar backgrounds and two, because of his fantastic talent.

- Aneurin Barnard

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

- Andy Lau

An American Idol is someone who knows how to change people's lives through music.

- Anwar Robinson

I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'

- Amber Riley

An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

- Aiden Wilson Tozer

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

My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.

- Andrea Bocelli