Simon Cowell Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

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.

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.

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

My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important."

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

It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.

Harshness to me is giving somebody false hopes and not following through. That's harsh. Telling some guy or some girl who've got zero talent that they have zero talent actually is a kindness.

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.

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 don't want to tell a 15 or 14 year old what they should be doing. I want them to tell me. And that's what I got when I met Justin Bieber for the first time.

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

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

Everyone who turns up on 'X Factor' does it because a door has been closed to them at some time in their lives, and this is the only shot they have got.

It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns

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.

What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.

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.

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

I've had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year - who cares?

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

I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern... I'm pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.

Most things in music go full circle eventually.

The only people with power today are the audience. And that is increasing with Twitter, Facebook, and everything else. We cater to their likes and dislikes, and you ignore that at your peril.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

My life honestly isn't as weird as people think it is. I work longer hours, maybe I have a bit more money, but fundamentally, I'm not really that different.

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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

You have an advantage if you win. I always think it's best to be remembered as a winner rather than as the runner-up. It's definitely more fun getting the gold than it is the silver.

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