Don Cornelius Quotes
You can bet your last money, it's gonna be a stone gas, honey!
- Don Cornelius
Whats funny is I really thought I would be handicapped in Los Angeles because the kids had a real wild way of dancing, whereas back in Chicago it was really more on the cool bop side. I looked at the California style and I said, 'This just isnt gonna work.' I was completely mistaken.
- Don Cornelius
There were individuals at the time who were on the proverbial wish list, and before we had to wait too long, they decided to come in. Among the first were the Jackson 5. But we had to go after major people who were coming out of Chicago like the Chi-Lites and Curtis Mayfield. Jerry Butler helped me a lot in the early days to procure talent. Then Motown started to take notice and send people our way.
- Don Cornelius
Somebody had to come along and do the format better than we were doing; that didnt happen. Nobody came along to take our place. And remember there wasnt the exposure back then for artists like you have today. Today youre going from Jay-Z and Eminem on 'Letterman' to 'Good Morning America' to The View to 'Oprah.' There are lots of places for singers to go now. Many of the stars we had didnt have any place else to go, except our show for the kind of music they were doing.
- Don Cornelius
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