In life, you have people that love to party. That's me. People that love God. That's me. People that love sex. That's me. People that love people. That's me. And people that make mistakes.That's me also.
R. KellyI'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.
R. KellySoon as I see her walk up in the club, I'm a flirt. Winking eyes at me, when I roll up on them dubs, I'm a flirt. Sometimes when I'm with my chick on the low, I'm a flirt. And when she's wit her man looking at me, damn right, I'm a flirt.
R. KellyMy mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs write life. I decided to take her up on that.
R. KellyI look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen.
R. KellyI want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
R. KellyI spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce.
R. KellyWithin all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.
R. KellyYou make a right on L, make a left on O, come to a green light and that's when you can go. You keep straight on V, until you come to E, that's when you see a big sign that say's welcome to Love Street.
R. KellyI want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see.
R. KellyShe's my comforter and friend, I tell you she's that peace within. She's the lover in my home, she's the strength when I'm not strong. Everyday my valentine, I'm so glad heave made her mine.
R. KellyI wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.
R. KellyWhen I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.
R. KellyI've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
R. KellyI've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
R. KellyI'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.
R. KellyMy mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history.
R. KellyOnce I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.
R. KellyI only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
R. KellyWhen 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.
R. KellyMy music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it.
R. KellyI was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
R. KellyIf I'm going to be a leader then I have to go places that other people are afraid to go to. That's what makes a leader. To be not afraid to step out and go over the frontline. To stare darkness right in the face.
R. KellyWhen 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.
R. KellyDeep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice. . . . Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is radiant.
R. KellyWell, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.
R. KellyI learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day.
R. KellyYou know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.
R. KellyWhen I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
R. KellyBut I have to say, it was fun doing this Love Letter album because, hey, man, love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forever more it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person.
R. KellyPeople 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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