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Music Quotes by R. Kelly

39 Music quotes by R. Kelly

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R. Kelly says he’s infatuated with country music and prefers to write life stories rather than chase hit songs. He describes his studio work as almost programmed, allowing him to blend humor and sexuality into melodies. He also admits many songs are still unwritten, keeping him humble about genius.

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I believe the people that buy my music believes in me.

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Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.

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Ronald Isley is a musical genius.

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

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I have always been infatuated with country music.

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I love that I can play around with all types of music.

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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.

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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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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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Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music.

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I have fans, and I have family that love me, and I have my music, and I have my breath going in…

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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'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music.

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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 don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical…

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I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the…

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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'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera…

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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…

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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…

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I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and…

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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.…

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Music is very powerful and can make you feel whatever it is. If you listen to gospel, you're going to feel thankful,…

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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!

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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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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.

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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.

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I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do…

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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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My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it.

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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump Grind,' then turning around…

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R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a…

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I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I…

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There are so many songs in me that haven't been born yet. So I can't call myself a genius, but I never…

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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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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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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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Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the…

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in…

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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

Sometimes silence can seem so loud.

They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.

I have always been infatuated with country music.

I gave a Christmas party last year - well, two Christmases ago - where I did a Sam Cooke show. I didn't perform as…

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…

I will always do R. Kelly - I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.

I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do it.

I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are…

I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.

I'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music.

I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump Grind,' then turning around and doing…