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.
SIMON COWELLMy advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don’t.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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I’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.
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Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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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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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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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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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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I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.
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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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I 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.
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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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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
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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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