R. Kelly Quotes

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R. Kelly

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 8, 1969

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.

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

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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.

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All the sounds on 'Trapped in the Closet' - the knockin' on the door, when I grab the keys, when I walk down the stairs, the car horns - we sampled all of those things around my house.

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

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

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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 very loving person.

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

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

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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 love blues. My grandfather did blues.

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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 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.

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

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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.

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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 children will know that daddy makes mistakes.

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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 learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day.

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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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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 way to get a piece of you one way or the other.

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

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