The Quotable Simon Cowell: Season 6; Week 2

Simon Said:

On Sundance Head: "I'm going to be amazed if you don't make the finals."

"Blew Taylor out of the park." You're mixing your metaphors, Simon, but we know what you mean.

On Memphis auditions: "The 'no' club is a big club today."

To Castro look-alike Sean Michel: "We expected something about a revolution."

To background singer Melinda Doolittle: "Do you hate every single person you're singing backing vocals for?"

To security guards as he asks them to escort Ian Benardo away: "Take Mr. Boring out."

Ashanti Johnson: "If America saw me, they would love me."

Simon: "These three are Americans and they don't."

After Kia Thornton exits the audition room in tears: "One problem. No emotion."

To Rachel Zevita, after she sang three songs in three different styles: "You're all coming to Hollywood."

To some guy whose name I didn't catch: "The reality is you should be singing in a dress and stillettos." This isn't the first guy Simon's said that to. Gotta wonder what that could mean, or maybe we don't want to.

Best line of the week:

"Let me give you one lesson in show business. When someone is down on the floor, kick them."