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. – R. Kelly
To hear the appreciation, the screams – that’s what any of us need. We’re at our best when we’re wanted. – R. Kelly
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. – R. Kelly
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
‘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. – R. Kelly
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
I’m not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people’s music. – R. Kelly
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. – R. Kelly
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
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. – R. Kelly
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
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
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. – R. Kelly
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. – R. Kelly
I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day. – R. Kelly
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. – R. Kelly
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. – R. Kelly
