Good Is Not Enough. You've Got To

You Are A Saucy Little Thing Aren't You?

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.

If You've Got A Big Mouth And You're Controversial, You're Going To Get Attention.

There's An Expression In Life: "you Can Only Make One First Impression." And That First Impression Has To Be Spectacular. So, I Wait, And Let People See It When It's Ready To Go. It's Not A Set Rule, But I Think It's The Better Way Of Working. People Will Agree With You Because Of Your Track Record, But You Want People To Like It Because It's Good, Not Because You Found It.

Holding Auditions In Front Of An Audience Is Testing.