Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I've always been serious about music. After you've done it for so many years, you get back to the basics. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I think they can co-exist. You don't have to put one down for another. I've been bitten by the acting bug, and… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to do in this business is to still be around. When music changes, when labels' resources have dried up,… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I hope at some point in my career when my name is mentioned, someone will say "Oh yeah he has a good… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I think I've tried to stay true to my music since the beginning. It's kind of hard because of the access and… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I just do what I do and hope it's accepted by the public at large. It's different from when Marvin Gaye and… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
When the label came to me to say, 'would you like to do another record,' I said, 'Well I got these sixteen… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
You can't listen to what people who aren't musical have to say. When Anytime was released, I had bad reviews, and at… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I've worked with jazz artists, country artists, classical artists, pop artists. I never wanted there to be categories, because when I was a kid… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I hope at some point in my career when my name is mentioned, someone will say "Oh yeah he has a good song!" I'd… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
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… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I am just like all the jerks and idiots you know. I am just a guy that watches sports all day. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
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… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
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… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
