Louis Walsh Quotes

With the success of Immature, I wanted to start the group B2K, which ended up being one of the biggest urban boy bands in history.

One Direction. Proper pop band. There has to be a band that people want to scream at. I don't think I've ever behaved like a pop star.

I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.

I was always obsessed with other performers doing their thing, and Britney 'Live in Las Vegas' from 2001 is my absolute favorite tour DVD of all time.

I'm still involved in the business of Cheap Trick, so I keep my eye on that kind of stuff.

As long as there are teenage girls, there will be boy bands. It's a question of how long it takes them to get their music together to come out.

Oh, man, pop singers are terrible actors. We're all bad.

Well, it's been an interesting career. Since I last appeared on 'Top Of The Pops,' I've been doing about 150 live shows every year. The live shows have always been well received and they consistently worked, it's just the records that haven't been very good.

Any vehicle that conveys great songs and the ability to perform them, whether it's 'N Sync or the Backstreet Boys or One Direction, is all good.

I feel like it's been so crazy to get to open for people like Rascal Flatts, Lady A, Billy Currington.

N'sync - I had all their faces taped to my jeans for their concert when I was 13.

I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.

I certainly enjoy Usher, Beyonce, Chris Brown, and there is Fantasia; these people will be around a while. They've got it. They've got the 'it' factor.

Growing up, I remember thinking country music was all honky-tonks and beer and trucks - Britney Spears was my first concert.

I would totally do a Madonna or Lady Gaga video.

All that pop that you see on the radio? It's just the worst crud I've ever heard in my life. It's designed to make money, and that's about it.

I'm reaching a huge audience. I'm doing what artists like Beyonce are doing in terms of selling out stadiums. The difference is my audience speaks Spanish.

I confess I'm a big fan of Taylor Swift.

When I was managing Cream and the Bee Gees at the same time - when they were playing stadiums all over the world - it was very wearing.

No Doubt is one of the groups that I think everybody listens to, man, and everybody loves Gwen Stefani.

I'm a camp counselor for pop stars.

Twenty-five years has been a good run. Boy bands like Boyzone don't get to last this long, usually.

I'm lucky that I have people listening to my music, waiting to see me in North America.

I would love to be a pop star!

I'm a huge Gaga fan. I have been since I was a kid. I actually camped out overnight to see Gaga when I was 17 years old in London.