R. Kelly Quotes
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I like to give people more than their money's worth.
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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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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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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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When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
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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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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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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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Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.
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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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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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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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When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
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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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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'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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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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'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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Ronald Isley is a musical genius.
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When you hear romantic music, it makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out in the moonlight or take her on a walk.
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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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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 started to wear the sunglasses all the time at school, hiding behind them... I'd walk down the hallways, practically hugging the wall, dragging my head against it like I was crazy.