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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

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.
SIMON COWELL

Attitude Choices Decision
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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Girl Kindness Zero
Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL

Country Dresses Female People
It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
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Country Intention Mean People
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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Boss Salary Wanted
Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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Circles Full Circle
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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Alternatives Country People Rocks Snow
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.
SIMON COWELL

Artist Feelings Shows
They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of artist that they want to be, but they have to do it themselves. You don’t want a 13-year-old singing some awful song from a musical.
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Artist Country People Song Understand Years
You are a saucy little thing aren’t you?
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Little Things Littles
If I tape an 11-hour day, guess which parts end up on air. Not the bits when I’m pleasant, but the parts when I’m obnoxious.
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Air Country Hours People Tape
Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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Boredom Equal Rules
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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Arguing People Records
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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Hard Work People Work
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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Book Country People Phones
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.
SIMON COWELL

Laughing Mean Thinking

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.

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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.

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