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" I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music. "
R. Kelly
Music
Say
Believe
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" I love blues. My grandfather did blues. "
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" 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. "
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" I've called myself the Pied Piper, I've called myself the Weatherman, I've called myself Kellz, I've called myself a lot of things, changing the name, switching it up, just flipping, remixing. But never to harm anybody. Never to make a deep statement for people to dig into and figure it out. "
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Never
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" You can't satisfy everybody. I will continue to do my job until I get fired, and the only people who can fire me are my fans. "
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People
You
Fans
" 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. "
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" 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. "
R. Kelly
Life
Genius
Story
" Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around. "
R. Kelly
Cool
Try
Started
" When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up. "
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Business
Fly
Storm
" 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. "
R. Kelly
Sunglasses
Walk
Time
" I have always been infatuated with country music. "
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Country
Always
Country Music
" 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. "
R. Kelly
Start
Time
Trust
" 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. "
R. Kelly
Basketball
Together
Song
" '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. "
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Own
Rent
Building
" You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy. "
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Classy
You
Want
" I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music. "
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Music
Started
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" 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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Life
Hate
Family
" Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me. "
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Feel
Like
Me
" I like to laugh and make people have fun. "
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Have Fun
Fun
People
" I like to give people more than their money's worth. "
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Worth
Like
People
" 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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You
Find
Give
" 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. "
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Believe
People
Eyes
" 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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Loving
Today
Person
" 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. "
R. Kelly
Wife
Time
People
" 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
" I have to say, it was fun doing this 'Love Letter' album because, hey, man, love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forevermore, it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person. "
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Today
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Loving
" My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that. "
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You
Me
Life