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" I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore. "
Brian McKnight
Anymore
Things
Say
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" I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything. "
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" Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way twice. I've studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan. "
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Doing
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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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Love
Everyone
" 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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Look
People
Perspective
" I went back and listened to the first three albums I made and tried to figure out what was special about them, why people keep going back to them. I think it was because I didn't know what I was doing. I had no idea if they were going to play it on the radio or anything. All I did was write songs, so that's what I got back to. "
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Think
Doing
People
" 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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Drive
Song
Technology
" A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful. "
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Like
Gentleman
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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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Day
Me
Say
" I kinda went back to that period between '88 and '94 where I felt like I was the most creative, without being hindered by powers that be. I was no longer going to try to hinder myself to what I thought was going to be on the radio. "
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Back
Try
Thought
" 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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Kid
Basketball
Best
" I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part. "
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Know
Gentleman
Dress
" Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything. "
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You
Back
Anything
" Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go. "
Brian McKnight
Singer
Come And Go
Never
" A lot of musicians put diamonds on things to show they had money. I on the other had felt that Daytona showed I had style and I didn't need to be flashy. "
Brian McKnight
Diamonds
Need
Style
" I watch my contemporaries, and they love to live in the studio and I don't. I have a life. I treat it as a 9-to-5. I try to create something new every day, and then I get on with my life. "
Brian McKnight
My Life
Day
Life
" I am just like all the jerks and idiots you know. I am just a guy that watches sports all day. "
Brian McKnight
Know
I Am
You
" I am just a guy that watches sports all day. "
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Guy
Day
I Am
" 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. "
Brian McKnight
Forget
Everything
Park
" I don't care how small the game. I want to win. "
Brian McKnight
Win
Want
Small
" The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed. "
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Up
Where
Missed
" It's just exciting to be part of something that is brand-new. "
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Exciting
Just
Something
" Most of the stuff I learned to play, I learned in high school. I had a band in high school, a jazz-fusion thing, and I was the keyboard player. I was interested in how the instruments worked and the theory behind playing with them. "
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Band
School
High
" I think they can co-exist. You don't have to put one down for another. I've been bitten by the acting bug, and where it takes me, it won't take away from the music. "
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Music
You
Me
" I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes singing the vocal or it will sound mechanical. There are always mistakes, but it's about feeling more than being perfect. "
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Mistakes
Feeling
Perfect