Don Cornelius Quotes

Pop music has been all but relegated to the remainder bin at MTV and VH1, where high-maintenance concoctions such as Paris Hilton, Flavor Flav, and Hulk Hogan's biohazard clan of bleached specimens provide endless hours of death-hastening diversion.

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

I preferred MTV as it used to be when it was about the music - I don't like it that now they just have reality shows. Reality TV rots people's brains.

When I was younger and first started watching MTV I loved watching TRL. I loved watching my favorite singers/bands perform.

The heyday of video music was the mid 80's.

There are a lot of artists that come and go very quickly, and I understand why just because someone has a No. 1 doesn't necessarily mean they should be up for best male or female categories. I understand that Aria are protecting the integrity of what Aria is, but I do think that pop music isn't recognised enough.

There's no real music on television unless it's music television, and then it's expensive videos, which people like me can't do.

MTV didn't exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with.

I was an MTV guy back in the day.

MTV is known for their huge budget.

I had definitely stopped watching MTV by 2000.

I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think it's just terrific. There's so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing.

I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music. It's my fascination, my ongoing passion.

The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

Pop music I have always loved best.

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music.

MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.

MTV can't do less for me, let's put it that way. I'm fine without them.

I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It's my job as a country music artist to be honest about that.

Music is my number one, it's my life, it's my everything. I'm enjoying challenging myself; I want to raise the bar and set a new standard for Australian pop artists.

There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

Television made a lot of difference in country music. It's progress. I believe in progress.

In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff - there's almost an incentive to go back to making music as adventurous and groundbreaking as you can, because nobody gets a big hit anymore.