Sometimes when you have a record out, you think you’re going to go in at No. 1 but you go in at No. 8. So your second record has to be better. That’s how I treat it. – Simon Cowell
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. – Simon Cowell
I couldn’t think of anything worse than being in an unhappy marriage. It worries me because I’ve seen it destroy people. – Simon Cowell
Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, ‘What am I doing this for? I don’t ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.’ – Simon Cowell
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. – Simon Cowell
I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there’s something about, I don’t know there’s something very special when you’ve signed an artist and that first record comes in and it’s a good record. It is an indescribable feeling. – Simon Cowell
I’d say the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand. – Simon Cowell
I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That’s why I turned out the way I am. – Simon Cowell
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. – Simon Cowell
I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don’t have time for them. I can’t make phone calls and stuff. I just sit on my own for days. – Simon Cowell
