Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English reality television judge, entrepreneur, philanthropist, film, record, and television producer. He is most recognized as a judge on the British TV talent competition series Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent, and the American TV talent competition shows American Idol, The X Factor, and America's Got Talent. Cowell owns the television production and music publishing house Syco...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth7 October 1959
CityLondon, England
We're proud, we're happy, and it's nice that she remembers the show as well.
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.
Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.
That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
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.
Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious.
At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.
I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper.
If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.
I don't like people who are hypocritical, who pretend to be nice, particularly in show business when they're nice on camera, and then off camera they're absolutely appalling to the makeup people, or the waitress in a restaurant, you know? I don't like - I can't bear those kind of people. So I like people who are, you know, up front in your face.
When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.'
I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looking for that next high, and that is what I would define as happiness.
When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way.