“Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, 'What am I doing this for? I …” — Simon Cowell

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years.

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.

At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.