R. Kelly Quotes
People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through.
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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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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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When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
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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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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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'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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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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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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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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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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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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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 was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
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Ronald Isley is a musical genius.
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When you're me, when you're R. Kelly, everybody wants a piece of you, and if you don't give 'em a piece they'll find a way to get a piece of you one way or the other.
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Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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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'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.