Brian McKnight

Released: July 12, 2011

Songwriter: Brian McKnight

Producer: Brian McKnight

[Spoken]
So, quick recap, got your Rocky, got your classical, got your jazz
So now I'm thinking I'm a big man
I'm like 13, 14, 15 years old
I'm like, "Yeah, I could play, yeah, that's right"
So here comes my mother, she's like, "Oh, so you could play now, huh?"
I was like, "YEAH, YEAH, I could play"
She's like, "Oh, that's great, see, now you can come with me to play at all the churches I play with around town, every church"
So what you find is you sitting there and all, "Oh, oh, Lord, oh, have mercy on..."
And I'm like, "I don't know this song"
My mother's over there, she's like, "Play, play"
I'm like, "I don't know this song"
She's like, "They all the same"
So I had to learn how to play gospel music on the fly, like 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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