R. Kelly Quotes & Sayings

Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers. — R. Kelly

Injustice anywhere is an injustice anywhere — R. Kelly

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. Kelly

Always believe what you see - with your own eyes, that is. Always believe what you see. That's the best way to go about this business. I've heard a lot of things about a lot of people, and it was never true. — R. Kelly

When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty. — R. Kelly

All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through. — R. Kelly

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

I don't really know the story of the Pied Piper. I don't read stories, first of all. I just remember either a rabbit or a rat leading people out of the village with a flute. That's all I can tell you. — R. Kelly

I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much. — R. Kelly

I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love. — R. Kelly

I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see. — R. Kelly

Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love. — R. Kelly

You are the world's greatest, when you say you are. — R. Kelly

No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer. — R. Kelly

I like to laugh and make people have fun. — R. Kelly

I'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. Kelly

It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing for Michael Jackson. I'd be a fool not to say it's a dream come true. — R. Kelly

I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd. — R. Kelly

I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation. — R. Kelly

If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well. — R. Kelly

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

If 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. Kelly

You 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. Kelly

This album was designed to touch your soul. — R. Kelly

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

I still feel like I'm alone at times - even if I'm in the midst of a million people. Because no one - including me - understands my mind creatively. I haven't really been formally introduced to my gift yet. I feel like I'm still on the runway. — R. Kelly

I gave a Christmas party last year - well, two Christmases ago - where I did a Sam Cooke show. I didn't perform as R. Kelly. I performed the Sam Cooke show from 1964, when he performed at the Copacabana. — R. Kelly

You save money so your kids can go to college - no matter what they are or who they are. They're your kids; you gotta support them. — R. Kelly

Soon 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. Kelly

If we don't love ourselves, tell me, how can we love somebody else? — R. Kelly

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

'Trapped In The Closet' lives in a place on the earth on its own. It pays its own rent, it's its own landlord, it owns the building, it's everything. And it's so separate from what R. Kelly does; that's the great thing about it. — R. Kelly

When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me. — R. Kelly

As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only. — R. Kelly

When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out. — R. Kelly

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 the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it. — R. Kelly

There are miracles in life I must achieve. But first I know it starts inside of me. — R. Kelly

When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up. — R. Kelly

To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it. — R. Kelly

I have Marvin Gaye's driver's license. His wife sent it to me, because she really loved my 'Happy People' record. She said that she thought it represented the sprit of her husband. The license is from California. I get inspired every time I look at it. — R. Kelly

On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us. — R. Kelly

Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap. — R. Kelly

I always follow what my spirit tells me to do. — R. Kelly

I've heard people have written books of me. People don't even know me, but they've written a book on me. You ever heard of hearing it from the horse's mouth? I'm the horse. — R. Kelly

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. — R. Kelly

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. — R. Kelly

Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me. — R. Kelly

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. Kelly

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

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 father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office. — R. Kelly

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

I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either. — R. Kelly

I'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. Kelly

My friend, there is no end when it comes to 'Trapped In The Closet.' — R. Kelly

There are so many songs in me that haven't been born yet. So I can't call myself a genius, but I never turn away a compliment, and I feel like I'm on my way to that mountain. — R. Kelly

When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago - he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was. — R. Kelly

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day. — R. Kelly

With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything. — R. Kelly

While the angels sing, I'd ask you to marry me, give you the sun for a diamond ring, if I could do those things. — R. Kelly

Take away the In God We Trust, tell me what the hell is wrong with us. — R. Kelly

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

I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes. — R. Kelly

I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director. — R. Kelly

I have three lovely, lovely kids that I am in love with and that's in love with me. — R. Kelly

You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do. — R. Kelly

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. — R. Kelly

I like to give people more than their money's worth. — R. Kelly

I've done a lot of things that I regret. — R. Kelly

When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join. — R. Kelly

I have always been infatuated with country music. — R. Kelly

You know, I love plays. I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. — R. Kelly

My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin. — R. Kelly

I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen. — R. Kelly

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. — R. Kelly

Well, 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. Kelly

I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it. — R. Kelly

I wanna roll it, roll it, roll it, roll it. Is all I wanna do, for you baby. Girl, it's something kind of sexy. Goin' on about you babe. — R. Kelly

There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. 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!' — R. Kelly

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 a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes. — R. Kelly

I've been blackmailed a billion times. I've been sued for ridiculous things. At one point in my life, I was an ATM machine. But I'm used to that. You don't get used to it, but I'm used to the fact that people will do this, even your own family members, and I don't hate none of them. — R. Kelly

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

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

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. — R. Kelly

I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon. — R. Kelly

I 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. Kelly

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

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

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

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

R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through. — R. Kelly

My greatest competition is, well, me. — R. Kelly

I don't have a job, so I sit in the studio all the time and think of stupid stuff to do. — R. Kelly

Music is very powerful and can make you feel whatever it is. If you listen to gospel, you're going to feel thankful, and you're going to want to call up people that you hate and tell them that you love them. When you listen to sexual music, it gets you in the mood. — R. Kelly

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 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. Kelly

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around. — R. Kelly

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

'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy. — R. Kelly

I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky. — R. Kelly

I just want to touch your soul, let me pour into you. Fill you with my joy, and make you feel brand new. — R. Kelly

When I get into the studio, I write from my heart. — R. Kelly