Quotes by Brian McKnight

Brian McKnight

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.

Elements

Records

Wanted

Back in college, when I got kicked out of school, I was still in school, I’d just written the song that got me my record deal. If I hadn’t gotten kicked out of school I wouldn’t be where I am now. Three months after that, I got my record deal and the rest is history.

College

School

Song

By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.

Albums

Band

Play

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.

Basketball

Dream

Inspirational

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.

Records

Trends

Worry

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.

Decided

Mean

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

Emotion

Sleeves

Writing

I grew up in a time where anything was possible.

Grew

Grew Up

I hate the pigeonholing that’s happened in the music business in the last 30 years.

Hate

Lasts

Years

I just do what I do and hope it’s accepted by the public at large. It’s different from when Marvin Gaye and Stevie revolutionized what music was 25 years ago. Now there’s all this technology that’s available to everyone. It’s tough to be ahead of anyone.

Different

Technology

Years

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Albums

Always Trying

Answers

Art

Artist

Athlete

Balls

Band

Basketball

Careers

Chicago

Children

College

Country

Creating

Creative

Critics

Decided

Differences

Different

Drawing

Dream

Elements

Emotion

Essentials

Fans

Fire

Forget

Grew

Grew Up

Guy

Hate

Hip Hop

Hips

Hurt

Inspirational

Journey

Kids

Labels

Lasts

Likes

Matter

Mean

Meaningful

Needs

Nerd

People

Perspective

Piano

Play

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Quotes by Brian McKnight

Brian McKnight

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.

Back in college, when I got kicked out of school, I was still in school, I’d just written the song that got me my record deal. If I hadn’t gotten kicked out of school I wouldn’t be where I am now. Three months after that, I got my record deal and the rest is history.

By 17, I had a whole band that would go in and play. It was called Spontaneous Inventions, after a Bobby McFerrin album.

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.

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.

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

I grew up in a time where anything was possible.

I hate the pigeonholing that’s happened in the music business in the last 30 years.

I just do what I do and hope it’s accepted by the public at large. It’s different from when Marvin Gaye and Stevie revolutionized what music was 25 years ago. Now there’s all this technology that’s available to everyone. It’s tough to be ahead of anyone.

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