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Don Cornelius [1936-0] American
Rank: 104
Director, Television Show Host


Donald Cortez "Don" Cornelius was an American television show host and producer who was best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1971 until 1993.

Patience, Peace



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Love, peace and soul. Peace
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People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well.
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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.
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It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.
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Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.
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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.
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I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.
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When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.
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I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.
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I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'
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The 'Soul Train' legacy and brand are of the utmost importance to me and to 'Soul Train's' millions of fans. After years of offers, I feel the time is now finally right to pass the torch.
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I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.
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Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.
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There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.
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The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.
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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.
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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.
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When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock. Patience
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I had difficulty working for other people.
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'Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.
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I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.
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Who's more important than Diana Ross?
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Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.'
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MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure.
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All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.
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Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.
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