American - Director | September 27, 1936 -
I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.
Don Cornelius
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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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Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before.
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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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There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.
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Who's more important than Diana Ross?
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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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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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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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All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.
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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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