R. Kelly

Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies

— R. Kelly

If we don't love ourselves, tell me, how can we love somebody else?

— R. Kelly

The power of pussy, that's why niggaz get their hair cut.

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I feel that I am pregnant by music, and it is the father and mother of my child.

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You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is

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I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.

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Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head.

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I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.

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All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm…

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It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing…

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You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy.

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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs write…

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I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. That helped me create my own style of…

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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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I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music,…

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I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things…

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'Trapped In The Closet' lives in a place on the earth on its own. It pays its own rent, it's its own…

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I've called myself the Pied Piper, I've called myself the Weatherman, I've called myself Kellz, I've called myself a lot of things,…

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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…

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Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice.…

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I have always been infatuated with country music. Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories. I said that…

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My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known…

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But I have to say, it was fun doing this Love Letter album because, hey, man, love has never failed. It has…

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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in…

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'The Notebook' was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together.

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I know how to put it into a melody and make it comical but sexual at the same time.

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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth…

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I spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce.

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When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty. And it doesn't matter if it's a murder case, it doesn't…

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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can…

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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'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your…

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Love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forever more it will go on undefeated. I'm also a…

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Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens…

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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of…

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You know, I love plays. I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff.…

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You make a right on L, make a left on O, come to a green light and that's when you can go.…

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You save money so your kids can go to college - no matter what they are or who they are. They're your…

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I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back…

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When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.

— R. Kelly