Simon Cowell Quotes

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Simon Cowell

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : October 7, 1959

I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world.

Simon Cowell

When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors.

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt.

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

I'm going to give all my money away, eventually. I don't believe in all this hand-down stuff. Even if I had kids, I don't think I'd want to give them everything.

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell

If I go into a relationship with an artist, which at most is going to last five years, we have a 100-page contract covering every eventuality. Whereas with marriage you go into it with no contract, with laws that date back hundreds of years, and I don't think that's right.

Simon Cowell

There's no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we're happy; end of story.

Simon Cowell

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.

Simon Cowell

I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.

Simon Cowell

I think of stress as the creator of cancer and heart attacks, like a tiny little ball you feed. I believe that one of the reasons I've never got ill is that I'm not stressed.

Simon Cowell

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

Simon Cowell