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Tori Kelly on Simon Cowell's harsh criticism: 'It helped me develop a thick skin'

Tori Kelly has revealed that receiving negative feedback from Simon Cowell in front of the world was a really difficult experience, but one that she learned from. 

During her 'American Idol' audition, one of the panelists was quick to praise Kelly's vocal ability but music mogul Simon Cowell had other ideas, replying: "I don't think so at all, I thought your voice was almost annoying."

Speaking to the Chicago Tribune about Cowell's criticism, the songstress admitted that she can look back on it now and say that it helped her to be tougher: "That definitely helped (me develop) a thick skin, for sure, once you hear something like that."

She continued: "It's the ones that weren't on TV, the small meetings where it really hurt as a kid, and people weren't understanding what I had to offer. Those were the ones that shaped me the most as a performer, and gave me more layers to my songwriting, to everything."

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