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Simon Cowell: 'X Factor' Boss Reveals Why He Never Became a Musician -- Potent Quotables

Posted on Mar 26th 2012 9:30AM by Contessa Gayles
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"I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons and I got quite bored. My teacher was obviously bored giving me lessons, and one day I offered him a licorice toffee but he didn't answer. So I threw it at him, it hit him in the face and he sort of beat me up. And that was the last guitar lesson I had. That was the turning point when I decided I needed to be behind the scenes and not a musician." -- Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell may be responsible for launching the careers of future music superstars, but the "X Factor" boss insists the life of a musician is no life for him. The TV mogul explained why he never became a recording artist himself during an interview with The Independent.

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