Soul Train Quotes

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."

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

I hosted Soul train but I listen to everything.

I'm old enough to remember seeing James Brown live.

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.

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.

'Soul Train' means so much to me.

I still go on YouTube and watch the old performances and the 'Soul Train' lines. I'm still amazed by how much soul and funk the music and dancers had.

I had a ball on 'Soul Train.'

I used to get recognized quite often as being a 'Soul Train' dancer. Quite often, which was great at times but sometimes was not so great. Especially, back at college, it was not so great. It was pretty tough.

With 'Soul Train,' it was the first time I was on television. And I just couldn't believe it.

Northern soul was huge in Manchester in the '70s and '80s; I went to a lot of all-nighters.

I have a picture of all of us going to a club with my friends from 'Soul Train.' All the girls just going out to a nightclub, and we're all dressed like we were dressed on 'Soul Train.' It was the most surreal experience for me because I walk into the club with them, and people started screaming. 'Oh my God! It's the 'Soul Train' dancers.'

I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.

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

Disco boy, no one understands, but thank the lord you still got hands.

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

My father, Phillip Gilmore, was very talented. He was getting seriously into dancing. He was on 'Soul Train' and won $2,500. But the Bay Area was too small for him. I don't think he had the space to do what he needed to do.

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

I remember the first time I saw the 'Sugarhill Gang' on Soul Train. I was 11 or 12. I was like, 'What's going on? How did those guys get on national TV?' And then, when I was a little older, a rapper from the neighborhood got a record deal. I was shocked.

The two biggest influences of the '70s were Don Cornelius and Bruce Lee.