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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?' "
R. Kelly
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" When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me. "
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" 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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" My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin. "
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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. "
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" My fans have always loved my metaphors. "
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" Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me. "
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" In life, you have people that love to party. That's me. People that love God. That's me. People that love sex. That's me. People that love people. That's me. And people that make mistakes. That's me also. "
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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 you hear romantic music, it makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out in the moonlight or take her on a walk. "
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" I'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music. "
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" 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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People
Eyes
" 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. "
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Children
Know
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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. "
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Life
Genius
Story
" I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either. "
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Either
Monster
" Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship. "
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" They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me. "
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" Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories. "
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" 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'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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" I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day. "
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" I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press. "
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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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Name
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" I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down. "
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" I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon. "
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" You know, I love plays. I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. "
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" I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person. "
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Artist
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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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" R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through. "
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Through
" I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen. "
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Look
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