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" I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. That helped me create my own style of singing. "

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" When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer. "

" 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. "

" I've done a lot of things that I regret. "

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

" 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. "

" My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!' "

" I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation. "

" 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. "

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

" If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it. "

" When I get into the studio, I write from my heart. "

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

" 'Love Letter' is a concept album, and whenever I do a concept album - and I love doing concept albums more than any other kind of album - it allows me to get dressed, in a way, musically. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Nobody knows 100% what affects the human body, mind or spirit. "

" I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people. "

" You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do. "

" R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office. "

" 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. "

" I like to give people more than their money's worth. "

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

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

" I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music. "

" I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets! "

" With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything. "