Soul Train Quotes

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

  Don Cornelius

  Long, Soul, Important

  "Don Cornelius is a businessman with soul", www.today.com. March 9, 2006.

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• I hosted Soul train but I listen to everything.

  Shemar Moore

  Soul, Train

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Saturday morning, you knew what was cool by what was on 'Soul Train.'

  Nick Cannon

  Morning, Soul, Saturday

  "Nick Cannon: 'Soul Train' Rebirth Is A Full-Circle Moment For Me (VIDEO)". HuffPost Live, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2013.

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• Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Children, Soul

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.126, Shambhala Publications

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• It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.

  Don Cornelius

  Matter, Pleasure

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Art, Eye, Soul

  Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.68, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.

  Nick Cannon

  People, Dancer, Soul

  "Nick Cannon: 'Soul Train' Rebirth Is A Full-Circle Moment For Me (VIDEO)". HuffPost Live, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2013.

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• I did see the Soul Train picture. That was interesting. I've heard all the jokes. I had it coming.

  Mike Tomlin

  Interesting, Soul, Heard

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• How did we lose our culture? Black people used to all do the same thing on Saturdays. We all watched "Soul Train" and "American Bandstand", got our fashion and dance tips, and then we emulated it and bought those records that we heard. Now it seems like there is no culture. The school of fish are all separate. Everybody's just randomized, listening to their own thing in their earbuds, and there's no uniformity. That bothers me.

  DJ Quik

  Fashion, School, People

  Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.

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

  Don Cornelius

  Soul, Television, Radio

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• 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.

  Don Cornelius

  Years, Soul, Torches

  "Next stop for 'Soul Train': new ownership" by Kimberly Nordyke, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 18, 2008.

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• My dad moved to New York after he won "Soul Train" and the car and got settled in out there and was able to step right into Dance Theatre of Harlem and felt like he was in a show called "Omnibus" and "American Dance Machine."

  Mahershala Ali

  New York, Dad, Car

  Source: www.npr.org

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• In his laborious efforts to attain mountaintops, where the air is lighter and purer, the climber gains new strength of limb. In the endeavor to over come obstacles of the way, the soul trains itself to conquer difficulties; and the spectacle of the vast horizon, which from the highest crest offers itself on all sides to the eyes, raises his spirit to the Divine Author and Soverign of Nature.

  Pope Pius XI

  Eye, Air, Effort

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• I call you once...you never dialed back.
  Twice...you never dialed back.
  Saturday morning, live, I'm on Soul Train, talkin' to Don Cornelius.
  
  Saturday night, my phone rings...
  Saturday night, I won't answer.
  Saturday night, my phone rings again...
  Saturday night, I don't answer.

  Kool Keith

  Morning, Rap, Night

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• I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?

  Queen Latifah

  Awards, Soul, Host

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• I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.

  Narada Michael Walden

  Artist, Helping Others, Soul

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