Simon Cowell doesn’t think that Bob Dylan would have made the cut on American Idol.

In an interview with the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Cowell gave his thoughts about the legendary singer auditioning for the reality competition that he judged.

“When I heard Bob Dylan’s version of that Adele song, ‘Make You Feel My Love,’ I didn’t know he wrote the song,” said Cowell, referencing Dylan’s 1997 track famously covered by Adele in 2008. “I think if he’d walked in and sang that version, I’m not gonna lie, I would’ve gone, ‘Forget it.’ Seriously. Because I didn’t even know he wrote the song, when I heard his version, I was like, ‘Whoa.’ I just don’t think that would have been a great audition.”

Cowell acknowledged that even though he doesn’t like Dylan’s music, he realizes everyone

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