Talking to the Daily Mirror Simon Cowell has revealed how fellow Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman was a real inspiration to him at the start of his career. Cowell says: “He was my biggest influence in my early years. He has the best ear I have ever come across for a brilliant pop record. I used to hang around his London studio, just watching him work. I'd tell him: 'I just want to learn from you.' Week after week, when I was trying to make it and bringing in songs which I wanted Pete to produce for me, he would shout at me: 'Simon, you have no credibility! Your ideas are crap!' I had to accept that he knew more than me. I didn't sulk."
Aug 27, 2003
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Simon Cowell says Pete Waterman was his biggest influence
Simon Cowell has told the Daily Mirror that fellow Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman was his biggest influence early in his career.