I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern… I’m pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.
SIMON COWELLAt 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
More Simon Cowell Quotes
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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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I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand…
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You sounded like Dolly parton on helium.” (After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idol,sang her country rendition of the Beatles'”Eight Days A Week.)
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My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.
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I’m a great believer in getting checked out because if you know you’re OK, you actually feel better; your mind plays a big part of it.
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I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
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You don’t hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.
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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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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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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 didn’t realise how important stupid people are in your life, because you ask yourself, what made stupid people so stupid? What made them the way they are?
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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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I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.
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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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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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