I find Paula patronizing. It's as simple as that. Paula is more damaging than I am to these contestants because a lot of people just shouldn't be singing for a living.
I met someone the other night who's 28 years old, and he hasn't worked a day since he left college because he's pursuing a dream he'll never, ever realize: He thinks he's a great singer. Actually, he's crap.
I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.
If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless.
If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.
My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.
The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.
During auditions for The X Factor, he made a bet with auditionee Paul Holt that he would pay him ?50,000 if he got a #1 single. Holt was quickly signed by a record label - and backed by X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne - to release "50 Grand for Christmas" in December 2004, which only charted at #35 in the UK.
Paula, Randy, and Ryan all have their own stars on the "Walk of Fame", and Simon is the only American Idol judge/host to not have a star.
His chinese astrological sign is Pig.
Simon was once the fastest Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, on BBC's motoring show Top Gear, driving a Suzuki Liana around the show's test track in a time of 1:47.1. When Top Gear retired the Liana along with the Liana's driver rankings after the eighth series, Simon was the eighth fastest overall and the third fastest non-professional driver.
Simon worked his way up to record producer at EMI Music Publishing, but left during the early 1980s to form E&S Music, an independent music company.
Simon had to transfer schools several times as a result of misbehaviour and bad conduct. Simon had been to a total of 16 schools before leaving at the age of sixteen.
Simon's parents are Eric (real estate agent and music industry executive) and Julie Cowell (socialite). Simon has three half-brothers (John, Michael and Tony) and a half-sister (June), as well as sister Lindsay Elizabeth and younger brother Nicholas who is now a millionaire property magnate.
Simon is an artist and repertoire ("A&R") executive for BMG in the UK.
In the DVD release of Shrek 2, Simon was featured as an animated character judging the movie characters in a show similar to American Idol.
In 2006, Simon, as well as American Idol, were satirised in the film American Dreamz in which Hugh Grant played an essentially useless host and obnoxious judge of an American Idol-type show. In the same year, they were parodied in the Nickelodeon television episode "Fairy Idol" from The Fairly Odd Parents produced by Butch Hartman.
After Simon was "Punk'd" by Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson on the season Five premiere, he became the seventh resident of a country outside of North America to get "Punk'd".
He is 5'9" (1.75 m).
He is well known for his high waisted trousers.
Has 2 nieces and a nephew: Tanyette Chantel (b. October 18, 1981) Melissa Lee (b. July 10, 1984) and Joshua Aaron (b. April 15, 1986) from his sister.
Has a girlfriend named Terri Seymour. [2004]
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