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Music used to be essential and meaningful, but now it's disposable.
Brian McKnight
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Brian McKnight
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 5
Actor
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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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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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