Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
SIMON COWELLI 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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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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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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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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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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I still put punctuation in my texts. If it’s an ‘I’, I make sure it’s a capital.
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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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There’s no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we’re happy; end of story.
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I didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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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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Rules equal boredom, and I don’t like that.
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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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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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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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Not everybody is perfect, and I don’t think we should be looking for perfect people.
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If 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.
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