Don Cornelius Quotes
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I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
— Cornelius Vanderbilt
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
Who's more important than Diana Ross?
— Don Cornelius
I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.
— 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
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
I had difficulty working for other people.
— Don Cornelius
I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.
— Don Cornelius
All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.
— Don Cornelius
There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.
— 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
Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.'
— Don Cornelius
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
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 was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.
— Don Cornelius
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
When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.
— 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
Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.
— Don Cornelius
Love, peace and soul.
— Don Cornelius