Brian McKnight

Released: July 12, 2011

Songwriter: Brian McKnight

Producer: Brian McKnight

[Spoken]
Well, it all began June 5th, 1969
That was the day that I was born
Now, I was born into a very, very musical family
So much so, that I thought that since everybody around me could sing and play
That everybody in the whole world could sing and play
And it wasn't 'til I got into kindergarten that I realized that I was very wrong
Right around the time we were doing "My country 'tis of thee, sweet..."
I realized that was not the case
Now, uh, as you'll see, my mother is an ongoing theme in the show tonight
One of the questions people ask me the most is: How long have you been playing the piano?
And really, I don't know
We always had a piano in the house
I am what you would consider to be self-taught
Now, what does that mean, "self-taught"?
That means I taught myself to play the piano
Now, how'd you do that, Brian? I will tell you how I did that
You see, my mother is a classically trained pianist
And when I told her I was interested in learrning to play the piano
She's like, "Oh great, see, now I can teach you the way that I was taught"
So I put my hands on the keys the first time and I did it the wrong way
She pulls out a ruler and, bop, smacks me on the back of my hand
So I said to myself, "Okay, I"ma play football"
That's the end of that whole thing
So what I did was, I took the long route and taught myself to play
Now, one of the very first songs, actually the very first song I taught myself to play was this one
And see if you remember this...

Brian McKnight (born June 5, 1969) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays eight instruments including piano, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, trombone, tuba, flugelhorn and trumpet. He is one of the very few leggiero tenors in the pop genre. McKnight is perhaps most recognized for his strong falsetto and belting range. McKnight’s work has earned him 16 Grammy Awards nominations, though he has never won. Actually, he is currently tied with Snoop Dogg for the record of most Grammy nominations without a win.

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