Good is not enough. You’ve got to be great.
SIMON COWELLThe 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.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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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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I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain’s got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you’re talking about Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here.
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It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
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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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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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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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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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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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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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You are a saucy little thing aren’t you?
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You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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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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Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson I thought, what am I doing this for? I don’t ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.’
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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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