“When the label came to me to say, 'would you like to do another record...” — Brian McKnight Quote

“When the label came to me to say, 'would you like to do another record,' I said, 'Well I got these sixteen songs sitting here, so let's do it.' And that was pretty much it... I never stopped writing, it's just the way that the business is now; you just try to find a different model.”

“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.”

“Why does everyone need to have a label?”

“It would feel like a smack in the face to sign with any label outside of Dre's. He took a risk on me, and that means everything.”

“I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.”