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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 anything. -- Don Cornelius
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Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark. -- Don Cornelius
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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 feel the time is now finally right to pass the torch. -- Don Cornelius
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Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show. -- Don Cornelius
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I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.' -- Don Cornelius
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MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure. -- Don Cornelius
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The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done. -- Don Cornelius
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Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before. -- Don Cornelius
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There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington. -- Don Cornelius
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When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock. -- Don Cornelius
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It's always a pleasure to find something that matters. -- Don Cornelius
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My father worked real hard. I admired him. My father taught me you needed to work with your brain and not your back. I've made that a passion. -- Don Cornelius
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I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves. -- Don Cornelius
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I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school. -- Don Cornelius
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'Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had. -- Don Cornelius
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One motivation for the 'Soul Train' awards was the grumbling that all of us in the industry have heard about the way black music tends to be viewed as a secondary phenomenon by the other awards shows. -- Don Cornelius
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People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well. -- Don Cornelius
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Who's more important than Diana Ross? -- Don Cornelius
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I had difficulty working for other people. -- Don Cornelius
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Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.' -- Don Cornelius
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When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you. -- Don Cornelius
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I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated. -- Don Cornelius
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All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey. -- Don Cornelius
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Soul music as we've always known it hasn't changed. There are different players now with different attitudes, but there is nothing new being done musically. -- Don Cornelius
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Love, peace and soul. -- Don Cornelius
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I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure. -- Don Cornelius