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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Simon Cowell

People

Right

You

" I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger. "

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

" 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. "

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

Simon Cowell

Need

Story

" 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. "

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

Simon Cowell

Boredom

Rules

" 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. "

" When you're making a reality show, you can't even plan a week ahead now. "

" I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.' "

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

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

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

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

" If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm me. "

Simon Cowell

Why

Gay

" 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. "

" I don't think I can do this anymore. "

" 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 hated school, but I love work. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm not that musical. I don't really know how a record is produced, and, funnily enough, I don't want to. "

" Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "