R&B Singer-Songwriter Brian McKnight praises Taylor! (thx revel)
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What are some of your favorite R&B acts over the years and who do you enjoy listening to as of lately?
"I don’t compartmentalize my music. I might listen to everything under the Sun. One minute I’m listening to Rascal Flatts and the next minute Warrant or some 80’s hair band."
"I grew up playing nothing but jazz and church music so when you start with that kind of discipline you then have the world of music to discover. I’m always listening to Earth, Wind and Fire and music that I listened to growing up."
"It’s funny because when we were kids we’re like ‘I’m not going to be like my parents, I’ll never listening to this old folky music.’ Now I’ve completely turned into my parents because all I listen to is pretty much the same records they did."
"I don’t listen to a lot of today’s music but you cannot mistake the genius of Taylor Swift. I’m not being funny at all. It’s not a coincidence that she’s as successful as she is because she has, what every great artist from the beginning of time has."
"She has a grasp on her audience, she writes her own songs and she’s a brilliant performer. It’s what you would hope to be as an artist and that’s consequently why she’s successful."