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I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.

I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.

Don Cornelius

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

I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.

Don Cornelius

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

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

MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure.

Don Cornelius

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

It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.

Don Cornelius

Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.

Don Cornelius

There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.

Don Cornelius

I had difficulty working for other people.

Don Cornelius

When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.

Don Cornelius

Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.

Don Cornelius

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

Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.'

Don Cornelius

'Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.

Don Cornelius

I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.

Don Cornelius