Nigel Lythgoe Quotes (16 Quotes)


    That makes entertaining television. That is the circus of American Idol . We go for the very, very best and the very, very worst. It's the boring people that we don't want to see on television.

    If we wanted to, say, clear a song by the Eagles, we would have to ask the publisher, the person who holds the rights, the songwriter and each one of the Eagles. And if one of them says no, we can't sing the song.

    I take everything like that with a pinch of salt. I've been in the business too long. I truly don't know. I know Prince had a party last night (after the Golden Globes) and I believe Paula might have been there.

    I think there's a lot of church-going in the South where they literally learn their craft and they're singing there every single week and perfecting the performance that goes with that. And I think there's a lot of soul there. In truth, though, we're just shocked by it to a certain degree.

    We're casting a show here where we want unique people to take back to Hollywood,


    I've never heard kids blame other kids on stage to their faces before, and that has occurred this season. I have never heard people quit on stage in front of everybody and give the judges a mouthful, and say 'I'm quitting the show because of what you have said or what you have done,' and that has occurred... I have never seen people willing to s on other people as much as this crowd.

    This is more than a talent show. We're watching dreams come true. Of course, dreams can turn into nightmares, especially when they wind up on national television.

    The success of William Hung was based on his honesty. He really thought he was good and could get better. We try to weed out the people who are just trying to be bad.

    This program or programs like it are great platforms for a career, but they don't guarantee any career. Their music, at the end of the day, and where they take their music and the quality of their songs is going to do that.

    We don't know Clarkson's even been asked this. This could be a problem through management.

    Pop music was invented in America, but the way the radio stations have gone for one type of music these days, it's so disparate now, it's very difficult for kids to get an overall feel of American music.


    I've never heard kids blame other kids to their faces on-stage. I've never heard people give the judges a mouthful and say 'I'm quitting the show.' Everybody has more attitude this season. I've never seen people as willing to (be harsh to) others as this crowd. Before, we've said to them 'You want to win. You want to get rid of other people' and they've said 'No, we all love each other.' Well, not this crowd... Thank God there weren't any sharp instruments.

    Once they are in the top 24, they are here in Hollywood to stay.

    I don't think so. He Prince did not want to talk with the kids and did not have the time.

    The winner has to appeal to all of America, not just country fans or rock fans or whatever. The sad thing for me is somebody like Ruben who didn't pigeonhole himself on 'Idol' he did sing 'Imagine' and a Bee Gees song and then the record label pigeonholed him.


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