The '70s and '80s were just the period during which the best soul music was created and the best records were done.
Don Cornelius
I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'
Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.
I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.
MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain... →
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... →
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... →
I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more... →
Chris Cornell
To a degree, rock fans like to live vicariously and they like that, music fans in general, but when indie music sort of came into prominence in the... →
'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was... →