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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. "

R. Kelly

Door

House

Down

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

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Through

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

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

" 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. "

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Myself

Compliment

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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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People

Today

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

" My greatest competition is, well, me. "

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

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Never

Keep

" Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me. "

R. Kelly

Feel

" 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. "

" 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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Twins

Love

" 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. "

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

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

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Fans

Music

" 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. "

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Change

Man

" 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. "

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

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Knowing

Pressure

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

" 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. "

" I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down. "

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Money

Mom

" 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. "

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Darkness

Face

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