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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Simon Cowell

First Time

Doing

Year

" Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Simon Cowell

American

Her

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 hated school, but I love work. "

" I've always treated the music business as a business. "

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

" I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts. "

Simon Cowell

Mind

You

" I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons. "

" 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. "

" I can't admit things; that's why I can't go to funerals and stuff like that. I find it very, very difficult to deal with that kind of reality. I shut myself off totally because it affects me so badly. "

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

Simon Cowell

Work Ethic

Young

" I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food. "

Simon Cowell

Beans

Spaghetti

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless. "

Simon Cowell

Well Done

People

" I probably get more satisfaction from making a show than being on a show. "

Simon Cowell

Making

Satisfaction

" 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. "

" 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

Work

Best