Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELLNot everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELLRules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
SIMON COWELLShave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELLI’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.
SIMON COWELLThe young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
SIMON COWELLI 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 COWELLThere’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
SIMON COWELLMost things in music go full circle eventually.
SIMON COWELLI 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 COWELLThere’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 COWELLI want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.
SIMON COWELLEvery 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 COWELLI like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
SIMON COWELLI 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.
SIMON COWELLThe end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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.
SIMON COWELL