Author: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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