R. Kelly Quotes
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I like to give people more than their money's worth.
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My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
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When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
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I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.
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Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.
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I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realise that now.
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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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In my life, I wanted to feel tall. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be tall as the Sears Tower. I wanted to be on top of the Sears Tower. I wanted to be as strong as the Sears Tower feels.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.
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Ronald Isley is a musical genius.
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'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.
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Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
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All the sounds on 'Trapped in the Closet' - the knockin' on the door, when I grab the keys, when I walk down the stairs, the car horns - we sampled all of those things around my house.
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They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.
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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.
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I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love.
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I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.