I don’t want to tell a 15 or 14 year old what they should be doing. I want them to tell me. And that’s what I got when I met Justin Bieber for the first time.
SIMON COWELLI 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.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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’ve spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.
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The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.
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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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It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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I’m a great believer in getting checked out because if you know you’re OK, you actually feel better; your mind plays a big part of it.
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Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
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Good is not enough. You’ve got to be great.
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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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I’ve had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year – who cares?
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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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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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I think if you’re an unhappy person, you’re always going to be an unhappy person. You’re probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I’m being honest.
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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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You sounded like Dolly parton on helium.” (After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idol,sang her country rendition of the Beatles'”Eight Days A Week.)
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