Author: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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