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.
SIMON COWELLEvery 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.’
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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Good is not enough. You’ve got to be great.
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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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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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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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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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The only magazines I read are car magazines.
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I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
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It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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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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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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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 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.
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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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I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don’t have time for them. I can’t make phone calls and stuff. I just sit on my own for days.
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I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.
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