Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
SIMON COWELLOf 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.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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Good is not enough. You’ve got to be great.
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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
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Harshness 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.
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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 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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Have I got a black book? Yes, it’s called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates – working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it.
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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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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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I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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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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I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time…. I was born to be a dad.
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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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