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I was living life like in one of those Disney movies, where I genuinely believed nobody was ever going to die

I've always treated the music business as a business.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.

If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm me.

Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock.

The only magazines I read are car magazines.

I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels.

I don't think I can do this anymore.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

When you're making a reality show, you can't even plan a week ahead now.

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.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

I'm not that musical. I don't really know how a record is produced, and, funnily enough, I don't want to.

When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way.

In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.

You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.

No, what I am doing is kind by telling people who are useless 'Do something that you're good at'.

I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.

It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.

I'm obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.

There was nothing I could - and wanted to - learn in school. It was just a complete waste of my time.

I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That's why I turned out the way I am.

Maybe I am a bit mad.

It's the government's job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it's the government's duty to inspire confidence.

Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.

It's not my habit to kiss and tell. I've never done it.

When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.'

My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.

Women say hello and then put their hands down my trousers. I thought it was my hand they were supposed to shake.

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

Sincerity is romantic. I don't think you need gestures.

I hated school, but I love work.

I probably get more satisfaction from making a show than being on a show.

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.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

You always want to go to a party where you get an invite.

People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.

I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.

It simply works. You do it twice a year. Who cares? And it balances my smoking and drinking.

It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
(After Brooke White of season 7 on american idol sang the song 'Hero'
by Mariah Carey)

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I actually don't understand a word Paula's saying anymore. It's like a new language.

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.

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.

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.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her ... I like her.

You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.

Talking to celebrities is too much effort. They all think the same.

My dad said to me, 'Work hard and be patient.' It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.

I should get a dog. I would get a rescue dog. I like mutts; I don't care. I would probably get a three-legged dog no one else would want.

You are a saucy little thing aren't you?

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

Thank God kids love following an artist. When you get a group who pop, it's the best thing in the world.

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

You didn't beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!

I was never given any hand-outs. I started at the bottom and was very good at finding people who knew more than me and learning from them.

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

It's not our intention to be mean. That's just within us.

I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.

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.

I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years.

When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world.

Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, 'What am I doing this for? I don't ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.'

I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.'

At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.

Most things in music go full circle eventually.

The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.

Good is not enough. You've got to be great.

If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.

Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious.

Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand.

Being different is good; embrace it.

Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing.

You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.

No one really has any job security anymore, including myself.

My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'

So I would only feel guilt if I misled somebody who was terrible.

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time ... I was born to be a dad.

Would I like kids? If I knew I could be - and how could I put this delicately - faithful, then yes. I do like kids.

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.

I don't mind being cast as some kind of a pantomime baddie, but I am very fair in business. I always have been. I pride myself on being fair.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.

You don't hate the mosquito; you just want it out of your face.

If I had one dog, I'd want a hundred. If I had one kid, I'd probably want a hundred. I mean, it's just the way I am.

It's personalities, it's conflict, it's all of these things that actually make performers interesting.

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.

What other people think about me is none of my business .

I do see a big difference in the American work ethic compared to the British work ethic in a lot of artists.

What luxury would I take to a desert island? A mirror. It's true. I'd miss me.

I've never liked the idea you have to be a certain age to be a pop star. I like the idea that anybody can enter, anybody can compete.

I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.