Holding Auditions In Front Of An Audience

You Have To Be Original. The People Creating A Buzz On Youtube Are Taking Risks, And They're Doing Something Different. I Like It When 15 Year-olds Come On And Tell Me What To Do Rather Than The Other Way Around.

What I Would Argue In My Defence Is That Shows Like Britain's Got Talent And The X Factor Have Actually Got People More Interested In Music Again And Are Sending More People Into Record Stores.

Thank God Kids Love Following An Artist. When You Get A Group Who Pop, It's The Best Thing In The World.

There's One Argument That Says We Shouldn't Be Putting These Kids On Under The Age Of 16. I Think You've Got To Take It Case By Case.

I've Never Bought A Dylan Record. A Singing Poet? It Just Bores Me To Tears. I've Got To Tell You, If I Had 10 Dylans In The Final Of 'american Idol,' We Would Not Be Getting 30 Million Viewers A Week. I Don't Believe The Bob Dylans Of This World Would Make 'american Idol 'a Better Show.