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.
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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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
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You sounded like Dolly parton on helium.” (After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idol,sang her country rendition of the Beatles'”Eight Days A Week.)
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It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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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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Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.
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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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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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Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.
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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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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 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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I’m a great believer in getting checked out because if you know you’re OK, you actually feel better; your mind plays a big part of it.
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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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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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