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.
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 still put punctuation in my texts. If it’s an ‘I’, I make sure it’s a capital.
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As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he’s a genius.
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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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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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At 20, you’re cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
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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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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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Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
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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 didn’t have any qualifications when I left school – I had three O-levels.
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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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It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
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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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Sincerity is romantic. I don’t think you need gestures.
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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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