You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
SIMON COWELLYou didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
SIMON COWELLI didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
SIMON COWELLI like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
SIMON COWELLYou sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.
SIMON COWELLI 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 COWELLI didn’t realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?
SIMON COWELLIt would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
SIMON COWELLWhat 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.
SIMON COWELLMy proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.
SIMON COWELLI 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.
SIMON COWELLSincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
SIMON COWELLI’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.
SIMON COWELLI’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
SIMON COWELLAnything 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 COWELLI 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.
SIMON COWELLGood is not enough. You’ve got to be great.
SIMON COWELL