My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face. |
my good friend Simon Fuller. |
No matter how good the singer you are, you're always going to be tied to the song you sing. If I have to guess based on the song you sang, I think Elliott, you'll stay. |
No, I probably owed the bank about a million dollars then, yeah. |
Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people. |
One or two haven't got a cats-in-hell chance, like the kid with the glasses. |
Personally, I hope to find the next Siegfried and Roy. |
Randy's OK, Paula's a pain in the ass. She's just one of those irritating people. I agree with some of what she says, I disagree with a hell of a lot of what she says. I keep my time with her to a minimum. |
Right. I'll pretend you're the contestant. |
Ryan, with respect, I do this for a living. I don't play at it like you. |
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator. |
Sixty (percent) to 65 percent are flakes. |
Thank God for Chris Daughtry. We had some good performances tonight, but this was the only real-world performance. Best tonight by and large. |
Thank God for Chris. This, for me, was the only real-world performance. I can actually imagine you having a hit with this record. . . . Best tonight by a mile. |
That process works very well, in that you've got a very clear A to Z path. But you've also got a sense of responsibility from the judges, who actually try to help the contestants. |