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 COWELLPraise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
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Britain’s got talent, enormous talent, that’s very obvious.
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The only magazines I read are car magazines.
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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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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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The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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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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I love producing shows. And so when you’re on a show where other people are making decisions you don’t necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.
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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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Good is not enough. You’ve got to be great.
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Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
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I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.
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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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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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