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It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Always Find Matters Pleasure Something

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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.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Best Created Done Just Music Period Records Soul Soul Music Were Which

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Love, peace and soul.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Love Peace Soul

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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.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Always Enough Felt Got Instrument Love Music Musical Musical Instrument Nerve Never School Try Up

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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.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Always Attitudes Being Being Done Changed Different Done Known Music Musically New Nothing Nothing New Now Players Soul Soul Music

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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.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: About Awards Black Black Music Grumbling Heard Industry Motivation Music Other Phenomenon Secondary Shows Soul Tends Train Us Viewed Way

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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.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Admired Back Brain Father Hard Him Made Me Needed Passion Real Taught Work Worked You Your

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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.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Always Developed Had Never Radio Show Soul Television Train Wanted

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Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: About Almost Almost All Clark Dance Hosting Learned Mounting Show

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I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Am Convinced Just Like More People See Themselves Tv Want Who I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: September 27th, 1936

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