In my day everything wasn't so PC.

- Nigel Lythgoe

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 peo…

- Nigel Lythgoe

Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its…

- Nigel Lythgoe

I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama,…

- Nigel Lythgoe

Since I've been in the U.S. I've lost the back of my heart, 15 ft. of intestine and my marriage - and God, I miss my intestine.

- Nigel Lythgoe

And what is a stage dad, or a stage mom? It's someone who's protective. That's all.

- Nigel Lythgoe

There's no question 'Amazing Race' is a beautifully produced show.

- Nigel Lythgoe

The minute you take away somebody the public's voting for, you're screwing with the program. There's no logic to it.

- Nigel Lythgoe

If you don't know the right people or have the right connections, you may never be discovered. With 'Opening Act,' we are democratizing a notoriously…

- Nigel Lythgoe