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" All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey. "
Wanted
Really
Jockey
" Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark. "
Almost
Learned
Hosting
" Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show. "
Black
Powerful
Own
" Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.' "
Than
Better
Comedians
" I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school. "
Try
Love
Music
" I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves. "
I Am
Want
See
" I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure. "
Opportunity
See
Black
" I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.' "
Soul
Hot
Music
" I had difficulty working for other people. "
Had
Difficulty
Other
" It's always a pleasure to find something that matters. "
Pleasure
Always
Find
" I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated. "
Chicago
Deal
Great
" Love, peace and soul. "
Love
Soul
Peace
" MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure. "
Way
American
Gold
" 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. "
Brain
You
Work
" Nobody really invents anything that hasn't been done before. "
Nobody
Done
Before
" 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. "
Motivation
Soul
Train
" People who dance well, dress well, are well groomed and know how to behave seem to know others who dance, dress and behave well. "
Others
Well
Dance
" 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. "
Now
Always
Nothing
" The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done. "
Done
Best
Just
" 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. "
Live
Hip-Hop
Disco
" There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington. "
Wonder
Stars
Great
" The 'Soul Train' legacy and brand are of the utmost importance to me and to 'Soul Train's' millions of fans. After years of offers, I feel the time is now finally right to pass the torch. "
Me
Train
Brand
" When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock. "
People
Time
Job
" When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you. "
Good Idea
You
Come
" Who's more important than Diana Ross? "
Important
Diana Ross
Diana
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