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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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Brian McKnight
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 5
Actor
Composer
Film Producer
Guitarist
Pianist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Television Producer
Trumpeter
Buffalo
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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.
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Everything I have now is so real, so vivid.
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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 people, but I do just love doing my own thing.
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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 grew up in a time where anything was possible.
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I'm creating music - it doesn't matter if anyone else likes it.
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I'm never satisfied with what I do.
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Every song that I've done is me in one way or another.
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When somebody shows up and they believe in you, it makes all the difference.
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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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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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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 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 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.
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I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.
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My fans are the best in the world! They've grown up with me and stayed with me through this entire journey.
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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 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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