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.
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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The only magazines I read are car magazines.
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I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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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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There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
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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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I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
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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.
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Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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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 didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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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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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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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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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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