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" 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

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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'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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love blues. My grandfather did blues. "

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

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

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

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

" My fans have always loved my metaphors. "

" 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 believe the people that buy my music believes in me. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My mother wasn't rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I've been shot. And now I'm known around the world, and I've touched a lot of people with my music. That's one of the great testimonies that's gonna go down in history. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" Ronald Isley is a musical genius. "

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