"The X Factor.... what have you done? You should be ashamed of yourselves. You should stop it.

I know all countries round the world, now, have got these kind of stupid shows; but you, especially! America, they're too far gone; doesn't matter about them. But you, what are you up to? You can't have The X Factor; you can't watch The X Factor; this is England.

You made Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Venom, Motorhead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, The Smiths, The Cure, The Damned, The Jam, The Police, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Jarvis Cocker, David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Supertramp, The Chemical Brothers, and The Prodigy. And if you're watching The X Factor after a resume like that, I'm just telling you, you are a bit of a bastard."