Don Cornelius

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

I had difficulty working for other people.

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.

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.

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

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.

I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.

I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'

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.

Love, peace and soul.

Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.

MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure.