There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
SIMON COWELLIf 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.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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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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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
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I’ve had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year – who cares?
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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 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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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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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 couldn’t think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I’ve seen it destroy people.
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It’s personalities, it’s conflict, it’s all of these things that actually make performers interesting.
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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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You didn’t beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!
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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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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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