Brian McKnight Quotes - Page 2

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• Back in college, when I got kicked out of school, I was still in school, I'd just written the song that got me my record deal. If I hadn't gotten kicked out of school I wouldn't be where I am now. Three months after that, I got my record deal and the rest is history.

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  Song, School, College

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• I went back and listened to the first three albums I made and tried to figure out what was special about them, why people keep going back to them. I think it was because I didn't know what I was doing. I had no idea if they were going to play it on the radio or anything. All I did was write songs, so that's what I got back to.

  Brian McKnight

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.

  Brian McKnight

  Song, Done, Way

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• You'd hear Willie Nelson, then Earth, Wind & Fire, then Chicago, then Billy Joel on the same radio station. Nowadays, everything is compartmentalized.

  Brian McKnight

  Fire, Wind, Chicago

  "5 questions for Brian McKnight". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.houstonchronicle.com. August 16, 2016.

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• The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

  Brian McKnight

  Guy, Chance, Forget

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• I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted a record deal.

  Brian McKnight

  Singing, Records, Demos

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• Stevie didn't use the technology to drive the song. He used it to enhance. I use the tools to further my work, I don't use my work to further the tools.

  Brian McKnight

  Song, Technology, Tools

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• I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

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  Athlete, Thinking, Nerd

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• I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going to let this music come out of me and not have any sort of preconceived notion of what I should do. I'm just going to do it.

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  Thinking, Needs, Radio

  "Musician Brian McKnight Uses 'More Than Words'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 18, 2013.

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• I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.

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  People, Want, Singers

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• I'm constantly being courted by labels and their backing. Obviously the market is there when you talk about the economics and the numbers, but it's hard to give up the freedom of being able to do whatever you want.

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  Giving Up, Numbers, Labels

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

  Brian McKnight

  Years, Six Year Olds, Firsts

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• I used to play pianos in bars. You know in hotels, you'd see guys playing piano with a snifter? That was me, with a painted-on mustache. I was about 15.

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  Play, Piano, Guy

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• He knows I rip him off every day. He's the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren't influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done.

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  Rip, Done, Wonder

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• It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.

  Brian McKnight

  Artist, Labels, Wanted

  "Brian McKnight...Back At Number One". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• This year I've really decided to get into the best shape of my life, and I've gotten there by changing not only what I eat but when I eat and how often, as well as my usual workout routine. The combination has made such a big difference, and I finally feel in the best shape of my life.

  Brian McKnight

  Workout, Years, Differences

  "Interview: Musician Brian McKnight". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm never satisfied with what I do.

  Brian McKnight

  Satisfied

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• I think I've tried to stay true to my music since the beginning. It's kind of hard because of the access and technology but I just do what I do.

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  Thinking, Technology, Kind

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I've always been serious about music. After you've done it for so many years, you get back to the basics.

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  Years, Done, Serious

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.

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  Hate, Years, Lasts

  "5 questions for Brian McKnight". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.houstonchronicle.com. August 16, 2016.

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• For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

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  Worry, Records, Trends

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• You know, most of my career I wrote about moments in time. All of us have felt one thing or another and it didn't last very long. Now I'm drawing from real experience. It's a huge difference.

  Brian McKnight

  Real, Careers, Drawing

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• The hardest thing to do in this business is to still be around. When music changes, when labels' resources have dried up, it becomes harder and harder to continue to make a living at this.

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  Labels, Resources, Hardest

  "Interview: Musician Brian McKnight". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It feels really great to be popular.

  Brian McKnight

  Really Great, Feels

  "5 questions for Brian McKnight". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.houstonchronicle.com. August 16, 2016.

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• I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's pop or jazz or hip-hop.

  Brian McKnight

  Song, Hip Hop, Hips

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