Don Cornelius Music Quotations

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.

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.

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

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

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

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