Fleur East Quotes

My advice is, if you are going to go on 'X Factor,' you have to know who you are as an artist.

Well, somebody's got to sing. They won't hire you unless you sing.

I didn't know what I was in for when I joined 'The X Factor' - I underestimated it.

'The X Factor' saved me.

I got in the audition line called 'Making the Band' because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn't, I would have done 'American Idol.'

I think America did a great job. I think Carrie Underwood fits the bill of American Idol. She's a wonderful girl, and she's gonna have a great career.

I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.'

I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'X Factor.' I'm an Ed McMahon kind of girl. 'Star Search?' I'm in, all day long. It felt more authentic, and the market wasn't oversaturated with karaoke contests.

I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by the MTV artists of the '80s and started putting on 'shows' in the apartment, most of them set to Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album. In my mind, there was a full lighting rig behind me... but it was just a couch.

I always knew I wanted to be in a band.

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

I like 'American Idol' because it's an actual talent contest.

I was 16 when I linked up with my manager - first person I ever auditioned for - and I've been in this ever since.

I've been watching 'American Idol' half my life, and I wanted to audition since I was 8.

Everyone assumes it is just 'Wendy who works at Tesco' who goes to audition for 'X Factor,' and then their lives are changed, wham, like that. Me, I am someone who has tried for years in the music industry.

'The X Factor' is like music camp. It's invaluable what in a short amount of time 'The X Factor' can do to an artist and a person's career. It can make them a superstar overnight.

I always knew I wanted to be involved in entertainment in some way. But I really can't say I'd be where I am now if I hadn't been on 'American Idol.'

I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.

I used to be a big 'Star Search' fan. I think it's great people who have a music dream have a place to showcase their talent.

I thought about going onto the first one, Pop Idol. My mum was saying, 'Go on!' But I decided not to. 'The X Factor,' though, doesn't really seem to be a show about musical talent anymore.

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

I tried out for American Idol, I got a record deal, and now it's like my best days are ahead of me.

I would never have been discovered without the X Factor. I was just doing the working men's clubs and I loved doing that. That was the life for me at that time. I never expected to be noticed doing that, that's why I went for X Factor by myself.

I never knew that I would be performing on talk shows with Sia.

If there's one thing that I love as an entertainer, it's a spectacle. We all have looked up to either Michael Jackson or Madonna or Janet Jackson or anyone of those things. When I was in *N SYNC, I would watch any concert video ever and really drink it all in.