Brian McKnight Quotes

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

I put a song out for fun, from 'Lucky Them'... I wrote another one called 'Love Song.' I really liked that.

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music.

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

I was 17 when I released my first record. I didn't really figure out what I wanted to say, how to get a message and put it together.

College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a songwriter, which I didn't realize was a real job.

I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music.

I want to start recording and writing as soon as I can and get music that I love out as soon as possible.

I want to literally quit drag and go live in the woods somewhere and write music for my favorite female singers, like Miley Cyrus or Kacey Musgraves. I would love to be able to write music for them and hear these women I admire sing my songs. That would be like doing drag without having to get into drag myself.

I don't ever go and write music for an album. That's not something I do. I don't go and write music for an audience or a career; I don't do that at all. I write basically all the time. I'm addicted to it.

I could see no other way of doing something with my life apart from music.

I think that's one of the hardest parts as an artist, and creating a career, is the song is what is gonna lead you there. So it's hard to find great songs.

I don't intend to stop making music.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I've actually gone into the studio and recorded a few things, but it's tough trying to sell a song. It's all about finding that hook, that melody.

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

My mom eventually told me if I wanted to be in the music industry, I should start writing my own songs. At that time, I was in junior high and had no idea where to start - I was writing joke rap songs with friends. Eventually, I wrote my first song in high school, and my mom took me to go record it with one of her band member friends at his house.

No, my son's a songwriter and he does that.

I have done a bit of recording and the songs are available on iTunes, and I've got some nice comments. It's something I enjoy doing, but I'm not looking for a singing career any time soon. As long as one person gets enjoyment out of it, I'm happy to make it available.

I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure.

I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You sign a lease that says, I will write country songs and pay my rent on time.