Quotes from Louis Walsh

Music is what I care about. Not material things.

Niall Horan was in the right place at the right time, he's the luckiest guy in the world and he knows that.

A lot of people who want to be serious artists probably don't want to go for a talent show, but it is a great launching pad.

Hometown are different to anything I've heard. They have an incredible blend in their vocal styles. They are going to be huge.

If you're Ronan Keating, who was working in a shoe shop when I discovered him, but end of thinking you're George Michael, then you need to be stopped.

I will never forget walking out on a Saturday night with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne, household names who were opinionated and full of confidence, and I was just this Irish guy.

You get x amount of years at the top... boybands are like buses - there's always another one coming along.

I wanna be a manager, because that's my day job. It's my real job.

What is the difference between God and Bono? God doesn't wander down Grafton Street thinking he's Bono.

I'll never go down the Botox route. I swear to God, never, ever. I want to look like me... the only thing I've had done is my hair and the bags under my eyes taken away.

I can't swim.

I do love great pop music, The Hollies had brilliant pop records.

I hate putting on weight.

I'm not a good dancer.

Westlife never got the credit they deserved.

You can always spot the professionals. Taylor Swift, she knows what she's doing.

I don't want to hang around in a wheelchair in a nursing home. I don't. I don't want to be like that.

What's that man's real name anyway? It's not will.i.am, is it? He thinks he's got all the answers, but if he didn't have Fergie in the band, where would he be? Fergie is the real star. I would love her on 'The X Factor,' and to be a judge on the show.

I'm loving 'X Factor,' I'm having the most fun. I love the idea and I love the celebrities.

I have nothing negative to say about 'X Factor,' it's the best show in the world.

Everybody has auditioned and failed. You learn from that. It's how you learn your craft.

It's hard work if you want a proper and a lasting career.

There's a difference between buying a few places yourself and getting into the property game.

I say things I shouldn't and I can't stop myself. It's called no filter.