Brian McKnight Quotes
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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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.
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When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song. That's because I was always around so many voices in church.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
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Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.
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The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.
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When your kids are their hungriest, put out raw vegetables and dip - simple. It takes two seconds.
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If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.
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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.
