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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.

Brian McKnight

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Brian McKnight
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 5
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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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Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.
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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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Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable.
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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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Everything I have now is so real, so vivid.
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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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I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.
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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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I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.
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