Harry Styles Quotes

I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.'

I wouldn't mind being a talent show judge if it didn't run for too long.

I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.

I have myself been on the other side of the table being a participant of a singing talent hunt. Hence, it is weird but awesome at the same time to judge a pool of talent that our nation has.

What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.

I'm a good singer, yet I couldn't participate in 'Star Ya Rockstar.'

The thing is, I knew from the very first audition that I did not fit the classic 'X Factor' criteria.

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.'

You go into an audition, you're either the one or you're not, and if you're not, you go home. And I kind of like that. If you're really good, and you're the best guy in the room that day, you get the job.

American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

Winning 'American Idol' is awesome.

With 'Idol' it's kind of just like 'OK, here's this competition - I need to do better than somebody else.'

I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows.

Frankly, if 'American Idol' was the way I'd have to audition as a singer, I'd be standing behind the counter in a 5&10 right now. I couldn't have done it that way.

Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!

I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.

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

Every week, as an 11-year-old kid, I would tune in to what was really the first American Idol-type program, a radio show called 'Major Bowes' Amateur Hour.' The winning group on the evening of September 8, 1935, was called the Hoboken Four, and their spokesman was Frank Sinatra, then aged 19.

I auditioned at four different colleges. When I got into the University of Michigan, my parents said, 'Okay, maybe you do have talent.'

I have done a lot of reality shows. In fact, my first show was 'Shava Shava', which was a singing reality show.

What I love about 'American Idol' is that it's broad.

Strictly?' That's for older people, I watch 'X Factor.'

I have nothing negative to say about 'X Factor,' it's the best show in the world.

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 didn't want to be a headshot and get a chance to go compete to sing-that's not me.