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" 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. "

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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. "

R. Kelly

Style

Singing

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

" Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love. "

" I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person. "

" 'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy. "

" 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. "

R. Kelly

Matter

College

" I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love. "

" When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join. "

R. Kelly

You

Point

" 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. "

R. Kelly

Myself

Compliment

" 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. "

R. Kelly

Change

Man

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

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

" I love that I can play around with all types of music. "

" I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

R. Kelly

Darkness

Face

" 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

Mind

People

" If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it. "

" I have always been infatuated with country music. "

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

R. Kelly

Fans

Music

" 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

You

Life

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

" I always follow what my spirit tells me to do. "

R. Kelly

Always

Tells

" 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. "

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

R. Kelly

Never

Keep