Simon Cowell Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“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.”

“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.”

“I think if you're an unhappy person, you're always going to be an unhappy person. You're probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I'm being honest.”

“Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive.”

“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.”

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

“I was never given any hand-outs. I started at the bottom and was very good at finding people who knew more than me and learning from them.”

“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 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.”

“You are a saucy little thing aren't you?”