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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.

Simon Cowell

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?
SIMON COWELL

Important People Stupid
I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.
SIMON COWELL

Hated Lecturing People
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.
SIMON COWELL

Boss Salary Wanted
It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
SIMON COWELL

Conflict Interesting Personality
I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
SIMON COWELL

Levels School Three
I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
SIMON COWELL

Done Jumping Thailand
There’s one argument that says we shouldn’t be putting these kids on under the age of 16. I think you’ve got to take it case by case.
SIMON COWELL

Age Country Kids People Thinking
Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson I thought, what am I doing this for? I don’t ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.’
SIMON COWELL

Jobs Lessons Want
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.
SIMON COWELL

Honest Person Thinking Unhappy
If I tape an 11-hour day, guess which parts end up on air. Not the bits when I’m pleasant, but the parts when I’m obnoxious.
SIMON COWELL

Air Country Hours People Tape
The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
SIMON COWELL

Hard Work People Work
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.
SIMON COWELL

Artist Country People Song Understand Years
At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
SIMON COWELL

Cocky Thinking World
The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
SIMON COWELL

Competition Frustrated Mean
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL

Country Dresses Female People
The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
SIMON COWELL

Animals Stars

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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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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