"Beyoncé's like Michael Jackson when he was on the top..."
Quote:
Dan Rather: Who out there now has it? Who do you see or hear and you say to yourself, he or she has it? What are the X factors, they have it?
Simon Cowell: Without question, Beyoncé. Because she has, more than any other artist I've ever met in my life, total utter steel in her eyes. She's what I call, and I mean this as a compliment, a killer. She is so aware of herself, the business, her star power, what it takes-- the hours she puts in. She is like Michael Jackson when [he] was on the top of his game and he was asked what are the three important things to be a star. And he said rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. And when Michael was on the top of his game, he had that. And she has that. She-- you can just tell that she is-- like, I said, she's a killer.
Dan: Stands alone?
Simon: At the moment, yeah.
(This interview is from a bit more than a year ago, but I don't believe it was ever posted or discussed on ATRL.)
He better stan. It's wild to think that he used to not like her and trashed her and literally changed his entire tune after one X-Factor performance made him totally eat his words.