Quotes by Simon Cowell

About Simon Cowell:

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television talent judge and mentor, music and television producer, and music talent scout (aka A&R executive). He is most recognized as a judge on the English TV talent competition series Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent, and the American TV singing competition shows American Idol and The X Factor. Cowell owns the television production and music publishing house Syco.
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My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

Simon Cowell

Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose.

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For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and you have to spend millions of pounds on marketing and this and that, you have this amazing thing now called fan power. The whole world is linked throu...

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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.

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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.

Simon Cowell

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

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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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I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

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

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

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When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worr...

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

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

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

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If I went to a psychiatrist, it would be a long session. I've always thought that I do have a number of issues that probably need dealing with, because I am quite odd in some ways.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameSimon Cowell
  • DescriptionBritish artist executive
  • AliasesSimon Philips Cowell Mc'keber
  • BornOctober 7, 1959
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Film Producer; Writer