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 More Quotes by Simon Cowell More Quotes From Simon Cowell My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't. Simon Cowell careers would-be advice Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. Simon Cowell patient hard-work criticism 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. Kids turn up unrehearsed, wearing the wrong clothes, singing out of tune and you can either say, "Good job" and patronize them or tell them the truth, and sometimes the truth is perceived as mean. Simon Cowell jobs mean kids That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad. Simon Cowell extraordinary If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning. Simon Cowell singing sight people Good is not enough. You've got to be great. Simon Cowell life-lesson enough motivational It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions. Simon Cowell opinion hurt feelings 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. Simon Cowell hate mean thinking The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams. Simon Cowell crush dream way 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. Simon Cowell being-different want people My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important." Simon Cowell dad important people Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people. Simon Cowell perfect people thinking 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. Simon Cowell choices decision attitude 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. Simon Cowell records arguing people I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world. Simon Cowell nuts america thinking For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and you have to spend millions of pounds on marketing and this and that, you have this amazing thing now called fan power. The whole world is linked through a laptop. It's amazing. And it's free. I love it. It's absolutely brilliant. Simon Cowell doom-and-gloom marketing thinking I never knew how much love and pride I would feel. Simon Cowell much-love pride feels I've had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year - who cares? Simon Cowell botox who-cares years 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 frustrated competition mean One thing I've learnt is you should never fight it. They're natural emotions and when you try and bottle everything up, that's what can make you depressed. Luckily I have fantastic memories [about my parents] and they really help. Simon Cowell fighting parent memories
