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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.

Simon Cowell

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.
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Age Country Kids People Thinking
I couldn’t think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I’ve seen it destroy people.
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People Thinking Worry
You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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Hate Mosquitoes Want
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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Country Legacy People Talking Thinking
It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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Conflict Interesting Personality
I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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Country Hilarious Language People
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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Competition Hard Mean Work
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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Alternatives Country People Rocks Snow
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.
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Air Country Hours People Tape
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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Laughing Mean Thinking
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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Hard Work People Work
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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Born Dad Son Thinking
I love producing shows. And so when you’re on a show where other people are making decisions you don’t necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.
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Decisions People Shows
I’ve had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year – who cares?
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Botox Cares Who Years
I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.
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Hated Lecturing People
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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Arguing People Records

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 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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