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There are pop managers, and then there's Simon Cowell, who isn't gay, Jewish or particularly riveting. He's not without interest but he doesn't exactly have the hinterland of, say, Brian Epstein.

— Peter York

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If you get an opportunity to work with David Simon, anybody with good taste would.

— Anthony Bourdain

I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They've shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can't be homophobic in this line of work - I'm a pop star!

— Rihanna

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

— George Benson

Most managers in the rock n' roll world... don't care so much about who's in the band as long as it's making money.

— Jon Anderson

I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.

— Marina and the Diamonds

I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell.

— Leona Lewis

There is just a lot of creativity and theatricality in performers who happen to be gay. Maybe there's a success in numbers, so by the law of averages we are going to get these jobs.

— Neil Patrick Harris

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

— Annie Lennox

You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.

— Rashida Jones

✗Opposing Perspectives

An awful lot of gay pop stars pretend to be straight. I'm going to start a movement of straight pop stars pretending to be gay.

— Robbie Williams