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 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
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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 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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You are a saucy little thing aren’t you?
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.
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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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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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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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There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
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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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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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I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.
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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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