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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 clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers. "

R. Kelly

Museum

Childhood

Clothes

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" 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. "

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

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Pressure

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" Other kids could read, other kids could write, other kids could spell, they could do math. I felt like an alien. I felt like an outcast. I felt like, 'What is going to happen to me?' "

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Spell

Happen

" I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either. "

" My fans have always loved my metaphors. "

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

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

" 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. "

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You

Life

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Know

Book

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Matter

College

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" 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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