“I find Paula patronizing. It's as simple as that. Paula is more damaging than I am to these contestants because a lot of people just shouldn't be singing for a living.”
Simon Cowell
“Have you been watching American Idol? They have Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul judgin' the singin. Paula Abdul?! Gettin' Paula Abdul to judge a singin' contest is like gettin' Christopher Reeve to judge a dance contest!”
Chris Rock
“They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.”
Dan Rather
“Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!”
“You told Dr. Lenore Walker that you picked up a message from Paula, didn't you?”
Daniel Petrocelli
“She's looking at how Paula improved so much since she's been out here. She knew Paula as a junior, competed against her, and she's hoping to do the same thing.”
Herb Krickstein
“Watching Paula, she reminds me a lot of myself. Very aggressive, shoots for the pins, and her putts go in with a lot of speed — I never left anything short,”
Nancy Lopez