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| American Idol Helped Lopez to Become a Better Singer |
Jennifer Lopez has credited “American Idol”
with pushing her to “grow as an artist” after stepping down as a judge from the
TV talent show.
The “On The Floor” singer has quit the panel
to return to performing but insists her two years serving as a mentor to
contestants has helped her to evolve.
She tells MTV News, “Whenever it’s things
like that, where you’re working with other people, like the audience, or even
another artist, like we did with the contestants on the show, you learn, you
grow. And whatever I’d tell them, it was funny, it was like telling myself.
Like, ‘Don’t forget, when you’re onstage ... make sure you connect and make
sure it’s about the feeling.’
“Because we all get caught up, when we’re the
ones standing there, and everybody’s watching. But it’s about forgetting about
that and conveying a feeling. And I always feel like whenever I was telling
them this over the past two years of doing Idol, that it was helping me grow as
an artist as well.”
Lopez calls her “American Idol” stint a
career highlight, but admits she is ready to step back into the spotlight as a
singer.
She adds, “It was a great experience to sit
there and do that for a while, and I honestly feel like it was put in my life
for a reason, to be part of my journey and part of my growth, because it
definitely did that. But as much as I love the show, this (singing) is what I
do.… And that was fun and it was great, but this is what I do.”
