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Don Cornelius quotes: I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'

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 quotes: Who's more important than Diana Ross?

Who's more important than Diana Ross?

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

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

Don Cornelius quotes: People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well.

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

Don Cornelius quotes: I had difficulty working for other people.

I had difficulty working for other people.

Don Cornelius quotes: I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.

I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.

Don Cornelius quotes: All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.

All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.

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

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

Don Cornelius quotes: The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.

The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.

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

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

Don Cornelius quotes: When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don Cornelius quotes: 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.

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

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

Don Cornelius quotes: It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.

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

Don Cornelius quotes: Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.

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

Don Cornelius quotes: Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.

Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.

Don Cornelius quotes: Love, peace and soul.

Love, peace and soul.