An exclusive interview with American Idol's Mr Nasty, Simon Cowell

Your musical tastes rotate towards easy-listening genres. Do you have place in there for bands like Metallica?
All genres are welcome.

How would you describe your co-judges Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson?
About Paula, I look after her. We do fancy each other. But I would never cross the boundaries of our professional relationship because then I wouldn't want to talk to Paula the next day.
Well, Randy has just got so much great energy and when he speaks to the contestants he's coming from a very knowledgeable place.u00a0 He's been a great and still is a great musician. He's been out on the road, so he knows what it takes to be a huge superstar and I just think he has a way of being honest, but at the same time helpful and I just think he's great, and has great energy.