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" 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. "
Simon Cowell
Point
Solo
Artists
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" I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate. "
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" 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. "
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" The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes. "
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" Would I like kids? If I knew I could be - and how could I put this delicately - faithful, then yes. I do like kids. "
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" My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face. "
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" You always want to go to a party where you get an invite. "
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" I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here. "
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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. "
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" I probably get more satisfaction from making a show than being on a show. "
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" When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world. "
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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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" Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive. "
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" Have I got a black book? Yes, it's called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates - working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it. "
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" I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That's why I turned out the way I am. "
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" I don't think I can do this anymore. "
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" The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love. "
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" 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. "
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" The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life! "
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" 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. "
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" I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. "
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" Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing. "
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" I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons and I got quite bored. My teacher was obviously bored giving me lessons, and one day I offered him a liquorice toffee, but he didn't answer. So I threw it at him, it hit him in the face, and he sort of beat me up. "
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" Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that. "
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" 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. "
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