Simon Cowell Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Simon Cowell on Wise Famous Quotes.
I was living life like in one of those Disney movies, where I genuinely believed nobody was ever going to die
We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.
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.
I'm not that musical. I don't really know how a record is produced, and, funnily enough, I don't want to.
In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.
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.
It's the government's job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it's the government's duty to inspire confidence.
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.
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.
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)
(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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.
The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.
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 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.
I do see a big difference in the American work ethic compared to the British work ethic in a lot of artists.