I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
SIMON COWELLWhat I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.
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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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I’ve always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn’t like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.
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It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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I’ve spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.
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Anything I shouldn’t laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I’m bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I’m thinking to myself, ‘If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,’ and then I start laughing and I can’t stop.
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I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time…. I was born to be a dad.
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My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don’t.
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I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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I think if you’re an unhappy person, you’re always going to be an unhappy person. You’re probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I’m being honest.
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I didn’t realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?
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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
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I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.
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I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern… I’m pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.
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The only magazines I read are car magazines.
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Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain’s got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you’re talking about Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here.
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I don’t want to tell a 15 or 14 year old what they should be doing. I want them to tell me. And that’s what I got when I met Justin Bieber for the first time.
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My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.
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I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
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They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of artist that they want to be, but they have to do it themselves. You don’t want a 13-year-old singing some awful song from a musical.
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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