Brian McKnight

I am a writer – that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.

There’s no substitute to being successful on an actual chart.

Jazz is about improvisation and the moment in time, doing it this way now and you’ll never do it this way twice.

I think the idea of a love song has changed. Most of the love songs we all loved as kids would be classified as funeral dirges now, you know, really super slow. I think nowadays the ballad has changed. It can have some up-tempo, some drums, some other things. ‘Forever’ would still be considered a ballad, I guess, but the tempo is probably more of a mid-tempo. The content is love song. I don’t know how to write anything else.

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.

The only award I’ve ever worked for or wanted really were the ones that were given to me by the fans. So, whether it’s a platinum record or hit songs, those are the ones that last the most.

This Calvin Klein campaign is really a dream come true!!!! I mean…. Fendi and Calvin in the same year! I never would have dreamed of this life!

I think it’s just very subjective. It’s whatever you want. I’m obviously very flattered when I see people re-create our makeup looks, and we love that.

I dyed my hair blonde when I was 14. My mom was not happy. But I love being blonde.

The idea was to expand the concept of family, as it’s part of our history, and we wanted other families of women. In the case of the Kardashians, they are all three of them very strong women, with strong personalities. It’s an iconic family

I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.

I buy my clothes at J.Crew online. I’m a very casual guy.

Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.

I’m not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.

I look good, smell good, and make love good!

It’s the 90’s. You don’t want to look rich.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.

I like a colorful sock. I’m a sock man.

You have to look good.

I like things that are worn, like an old pick-up truck that’s stood by you, hauled wood or hay, moved your neighbor’s furniture, carried kids and dogs. It’s a little dented and the paint’s a little faded, but that patina is evidence of a history of work and a kind of honesty, which to me is very American.