I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
SIMON COWELLHarshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That’s harsh. Telling some guy or some girl who’ve got zero talent that they have zero talent actually is a kindness.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
-
-
I 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 COWELL -
Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
SIMON COWELL -
You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
SIMON COWELL -
I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
SIMON COWELL -
You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
SIMON COWELL -
The only magazines I read are car magazines.
SIMON COWELL -
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.
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.
SIMON COWELL -
It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
SIMON COWELL -
Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
SIMON COWELL -
At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
SIMON COWELL -
I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
SIMON COWELL -
Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
SIMON COWELL -
It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
SIMON COWELL -
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