31 Quotes by Don Cornelius

Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.

There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.

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.'

I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.

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.

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

When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.

All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.