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Shostakovich's final pieces, his quartets, are scratching the surface of another world.


Simon McBurney

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SIMON COWELL I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like g...
SIMON COWELL My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'
SIMON COWELL I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical,...
SIMON COWELL The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed a...
SIMON COWELL I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
SIMON COWELL I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do i...
SIMON COWELL You are a saucy little thing aren't you?
SIMON COWELL Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
SIMON COWELL I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of,...
SIMON COWELL The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.
SIMON COWELL I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can&#...
SIMON COWELL I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly...
SIMON COWELL