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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 will never do that.

Brian McKnight

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Brian McKnight
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 5
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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 return.
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I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.
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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 be happy with that.
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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.
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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 music and I'm not saying there isn't an audience because there is because all of those people go out and spend $80 to $150 on a concert ticket.
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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.
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When somebody shows up and they believe in you, it makes all the difference.
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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 before.
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I grew up in a time where anything was possible.
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I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.
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I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.
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I kinda went back to that period between '88 and '94 where I felt like I was the most creative, without being hindered by powers that be. I was no longer going to try to hinder myself to what I thought was going to be on the radio.
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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.
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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 best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.
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I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.
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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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Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.
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Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable.
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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.
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