Simon Cowell Quotes

• "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."
• "We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable."
• "The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes."
• "Randy's OK, Paula's a pain in the ass. She's just one of those irritating people. I agree with some of what she says, I disagree with a hell of a lot of what she says. I keep my time with her to a minimum."
• "If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention."
• "My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face."
• "If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless."
• "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."
• "I find Paula patronizing. It's as simple as that. Paula is more damaging than I am to these contestants because a lot of people just shouldn't be singing for a living."
• "I met someone the other night who's 28 years old, and he hasn't worked a day since he left college because he's pursuing a dream he'll never, ever realize: He thinks he's a great singer. Actually, he's crap."
• "If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning. [on American Idol to a rubbish contestant]"
• "It's like the outpatients of an insane asylum. [on X factor auditions]"
• "I have heard some bad performances in my time. And I can honestly say that is one of the worst of them."
• "You look nice, but your voice is distinctly average, I'm afraid."
• "There's this cologne I like and its not very well known, so I'm thinking of partnering up with them and giving it my name. It smells of limes."
• "One minute we're like Siamese twins, and then we're Tom and Jerry [on his relationship with Paula Abdul]"