Don Cornelius Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.”

“Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.'”

“I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.”

“I had difficulty working for other people.”