Don Cornelius Quotes

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• As long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train,'
• It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.
• I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.
• Love, peace and soul.
• Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.
• The 'Soul Train' legacy and brand are of the utmost importance to me and to 'Soul Train's' millions of fans. After years of offers, I…
• There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or…
• I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.
• I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.
• I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.
• People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well.
• There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.
• All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.
• Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.
• When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.
• I had difficulty working for other people.
• Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.
• I dont know anybody who can define it. Its like trying to define hip-hop. You cant just call it black music. Maybe it will take…
• Somebody had to come along and do the format better than we were doing; that didnt happen. Nobody came along to take our place. And…
• She is and always will be the first lady of soul. Theres nobody who ever did it like her.

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