Brian McKnight Quotes

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• A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch, which was a…
• Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the…
• I don't care how small the game. I want to win.
• 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…
• It's just exciting to be part of something that is brand-new.
• I watch my contemporaries, and they love to live in the studio and I don't. I have a life. I treat it as a 9-to-5.…
• Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything.
• 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 I…
• 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…
• I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people…
• People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.
• I kind of hate the fact that people are always trying to put you into a category. I hate walls, and I hate boundaries. I…
• It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.
• I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you know, I'm creating…
• 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…
• When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came…
• 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…
• There's only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: whether you want to love somebody and you want to be loved in…
• I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.
• 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…

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