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 COWELLI 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.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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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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Most things in music go full circle eventually.
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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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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 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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Have I got a black book? Yes, it’s called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates – working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it.
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I’ve learned to deal with stress much better now, things don’t bother me in the way that they once used to.
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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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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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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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I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
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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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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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