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 COWELLYou don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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I’m obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.
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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.
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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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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 actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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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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I still put punctuation in my texts. If it’s an ‘I’, I make sure it’s a capital.
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It’s not our intention to be mean. That’s just within us.
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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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The only magazines I read are car magazines.
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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 didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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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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There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
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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 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.
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I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
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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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It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.
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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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Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.
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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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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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