Cowell gave me an enormous amount of 'how to' knowledge, including how to write a serial piece before I went to Schoenberg. Also an immense stimulation about world music. He was an absolutely fascinating man, because of his knowledge not only of world music but also of how to do different things.
Quotes about cowell (6 Quotes)
I love Simon Cowell, he's a dear friend.
My first impression of (Cowell) was that he's a really honest man. He says what he thinks and he doesn't hold back, especially for the TV show. Sometimes he's doing them a favor by being so brutally honest with them.
(Judge) Simon Cowell said I was a nice guy with a nice voice, ... But he said I was not an American Idol.
Simon Cowell, I have met him at a couple of parties. But I don't know him at all, really, and this part is not based on him aside from the fact that I am a judge on a talent show that's massively popular and I am very cruel. There the resemblance stops. The part really is a creation of writerdirector Paul Weitz and his warped vision of me.
On fellow judge Simon Cowell Simon is very demonstrative, very old-school music biz. He calls me darling but he is definitely not gay.