STEVE MAC THE BRITISH POP COMPOSER

WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH SIMON COWELL?

Simon was the game-changer for me. Simon and Sonny [Takhar at Syco] taught me so much.

I always wanted to be credible as a young musician. It’s all I cared about.

I remember Simon saying to me: ‘Steve, you have to understand, that there’s only one kind of credibility in this business, and that’s a hit. How do you become more credible? You have another hit.’