Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

What I'm interested in watching is to make sure that they give the right advice now to the contestants who are going forward because, you know, it's one thing just to criticize but you've got to also give, you know, good advice which is going to help them. Overall, I think they're a good panel.

Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.