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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.

Simon Cowell

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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Country Years Zero
I actually don’t understand a word Paula’s saying anymore. It’s like a new language.
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Country Hilarious Language People
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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Arguing People Records
I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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Done Jumping Thailand
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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Ships Singing Song
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it’s an ‘I’, I make sure it’s a capital.
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Capital Punctuation Stills
At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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Cocky Thinking World
It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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Conflict Interesting Personality
Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.
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Ego Littles Much Times Too
Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
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Flattery Nice Stranger
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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Honest Person Thinking Unhappy
I don’t mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I’m used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.
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Competition Hard Mean Work
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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Boss Salary Wanted
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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Attitude Choices Decision
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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Country Legacy People Talking Thinking
Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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Britain Enormous Talent

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