Top 110 R. Kelly Quotes

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.

People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don’t even know you. All of a sudden, you’re, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I’m going through.

People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don’t even know you. All of a sudden, you’re, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I’m going through.

‘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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.

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.

I’m no angel, but I’m no monster, either.

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.

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.

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

I love blues. My grandfather did blues.

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.

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. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.

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

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

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.

They say marriage will change you but it didn’t change me. Being in love changed me.

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

There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. 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 know that I’m not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.

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.

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.

My fans have always loved my metaphors.

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 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.

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.

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

I feel that I am pregnant by music, and it is the father and mother of my child.

‘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.

Ronald Isley is a musical genius.

I have always been infatuated with 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.

I have always been infatuated with country music. Country music tells stories, and I’ve always loved to tell stories. 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.

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.

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

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.

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

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

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

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

I’ve programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that’s the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come – you know, the stories and things like that.

‘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.

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.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I’ve been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

My greatest competition is, well, me.

Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I’m working the music.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I’m working the music.

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

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

I don’t want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want.

Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I’ve worn on tour, in videos and on album covers.

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.

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.

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

I’ve heard people have written books of me. People don’t even know me, but they’ve written a book on me. You ever heard of hearing it from the horse‘s mouth? I’m the horse.

I wouldn’t be able to do the songs as long as I’ve been doing if I didn’t feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.

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

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.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I’ve been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

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.

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.

I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

‘The Notebook‘ was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together.

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

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.

I’ve always wanted to write movies – I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

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

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.

I’ve always wanted to write movies – I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

I couldn’t believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.

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.

You don’t want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that – R&B, be classy.

‘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.

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

I’ve done a lot of things that I regret.

I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.

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

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.

They say marriage will change you but it didn’t change me. Being in love changed me.

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.

My greatest competition is, well, me.

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

I’m no angel, but I’m no monster, either.

Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.

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.