Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELLMy advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don’t.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don’t know what that audience are into and I don’t particularly like that kind of music.
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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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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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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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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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What 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.
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I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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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 don’t mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I’m used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.
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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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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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Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.
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