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I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.
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Brian McKnight
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 5
Actor
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Record Producer
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I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.
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Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.
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Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's all on the page and the difficulty is keeping up with the music.
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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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By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.
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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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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.
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Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable.
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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 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.
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I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.
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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 hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.
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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 decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.
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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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As I've gotten older, now I've really got to back that up with record sales. Anytime showed me that I could still have some of those elements I wanted, but you still have to come with hit after hit after hit.
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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 don't like that. I listen to everything.
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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'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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