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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More Simon Cowell Quotes
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I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there’s something about, I don’t know there’s something very special when you’ve signed an artist and that first record comes in and it’s a good record. It is an indescribable feeling.
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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’ve spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.
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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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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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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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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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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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You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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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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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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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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