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SIMON COWELLI’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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I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
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It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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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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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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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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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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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
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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 get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don’t have time for them. I can’t make phone calls and stuff. I just sit on my own for days.
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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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I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence.
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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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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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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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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 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 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’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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I’m obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.
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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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My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don’t.
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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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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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