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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
  • 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
  • MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure.
    - Don Cornelius
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.
    - Don Cornelius
  • Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.
    - Don Cornelius