Top 88 R. Kelly Quotes

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

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.

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 is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he’s been through.

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.

I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you’re going to mess around and touch somebody’s heart, and they’ll relate to you and what you’re singing about.

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.

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.

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.

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

‘Love Letter’ is a concept album, and whenever I do a concept album – and I love doing concept albums more than any other kind of album – it allows me to get dressed, in a way, musically.

I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I’m going to make a country album.

‘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.

As with all the other rappers I’ve worked with, Biggie and I shared common ground. Even though Biggie grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up in Chicago, we came from the same ‘hood.

When a person is found not guilty, they’re found not guilty.

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.

I have always been infatuated with country music.

I’ve always wanted to write movies – I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

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

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

Ronald Isley is a musical genius.

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

Nobody knows 100% what affects the human body, mind or spirit.

Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.

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

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

I know that I’m not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.

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

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.

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.

I’m a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go… and everywhere I’ve been… I get nothing but love.

Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.

I like to give people more than their money’s worth.

My greatest competition is, well, me.

I want America to know that you can’t believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can’t believe everything you see.

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.

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

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

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.

Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.

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.

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

I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.

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.

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

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

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

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

I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I’ve never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.

My friend, there is no end when it comes to ‘Trapped In The Closet.’

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.

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

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.

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.

I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.

When 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.

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.

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.

There’s a time and place for everything. You’re younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them.

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.

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

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 will always do R. Kelly – I’m not perfect, but I’m perfectly me.

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.

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 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.

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.