R. Kelly famous quotes

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Hate #Knowing #America

Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice. . . . Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is radiant.
-- R. Kelly

#Simple #Voice #Self

They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.
-- R. Kelly

#Being In Love #Changed

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

#People #Leader #Darkness

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Struggle #Believe #Would Be

I went from a D all the way to an A plus, I tell you prayer changes things.
-- R. Kelly

#Education #Prayer #Way

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

#Knowing #People #Pressure

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

#Mother #Father #People

You are the world's greatest, when you say you are.
-- R. Kelly

#Motivational #World

The depth of your struggle determines the height of your success.
-- R. Kelly

#Struggle #Height #Depth

I know my past is not what my future holds.
-- R. Kelly

#Future #Past #My Past

Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies
-- R. Kelly

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

#Thinking #Musical #Mind

You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is
-- R. Kelly

#Running #Fire #Matter

The power of pussy, that's why ***** get their hair cut.
-- R. Kelly

#Cutting #Hair #

I just want to touch your soul, let me pour into you. Fill you with my joy, and make you feel brand new.
-- R. Kelly

#Inspirational #Joy #Soul

There are miracles in life I must achieve. But first I know it starts inside of me.
-- R. Kelly

#Inspirational #Miracle #Firsts

You make a right on L, make a left on O, come to a green light and that's when you can go. You keep straight on V, until you come to E, that's when you see a big sign that say's welcome to Love Street.
-- R. Kelly

#Light #Poetry #Green

The forecast today is love all around.
-- R. Kelly

#Future #Today #Premonition

I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
-- R. Kelly

#Real #Writing #People

But I have to say, it was fun doing this Love Letter album because, hey, man, 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.
-- R. Kelly

#Fun #Men #Forever

All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through.
-- R. Kelly

#America #Osama Bin Laden #Bin Laden

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

#People #Want #Might

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Sexy #Track #Challenges

Soon as I see her walk up in the club, I'm a flirt. Winking eyes at me, when I roll up on them dubs, I'm a flirt. Sometimes when I'm with my chick on the low, I'm a flirt. And when she's wit her man looking at me, damn right, I'm a flirt.
-- R. Kelly

#Flirty #Eye #Flirting

Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.
-- R. Kelly

#Religious #Believe #Weather

I wanna roll it, roll it, roll it, roll it. Is all I wanna do, for you baby. Girl, it's something kind of sexy. Goin' on about you babe.
-- R. Kelly

#Girl #Sexy #Baby

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

#Believe #America #Want

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

#Artist #Who I Am #Conscious

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 realize that now.
-- R. Kelly

#Kings #People #Bob

I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky.
-- R. Kelly

#Believe #Sky #I Believe

My greatest competition is, well, me.
-- R. Kelly

#Competition #Wells

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Sex #Mistake #Party

Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music.
-- R. Kelly

#Sweet #Just Listen

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

#Mother #Loving Life #Thinking

Injustice anywhere is an injustice anywhere
-- R. Kelly

#Injustice

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

#Eight #Twins #Triplet

Take away the In God We Trust, tell me what the hell is wrong with us.
-- R. Kelly

#Politics #Hell #God We Trust

My fans have always loved my metaphors.
-- R. Kelly

#Fans #Metaphor

My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it.
-- R. Kelly

#Beautiful #Hands #World

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Sorry #People #Weak

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

#Song #Party #Reality

This album was designed to touch your soul.
-- R. Kelly

#Rock And Roll #Soul #Albums

She's my comforter and friend, I tell you she's that peace within. She's the lover in my home, she's the strength when I'm not strong. Everyday my valentine, I'm so glad heave made her mine.
-- R. Kelly

#Romantic #Strong #Valentine

While the angels sing, I'd ask you to marry me, give you the sun for a diamond ring, if I could do those things.
-- R. Kelly

#Romantic #Angel #Giving

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

#Country #Song #Writing

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Song #Guy #Singing

I like to give people more than their money's worth.
-- R. Kelly

#People #Giving

When you're me, when you're R. Kelly, everybody wants a piece of you, and if you don't give 'em a piece they'll find a way to get a piece of you one way or the other.
-- R. Kelly

#Giving #Pieces #Want

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Children #Mistake #Responsibility

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

#Mother #Song #Writing

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Song #People #Long

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

#Chicago #Streets #Street Performers

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.
-- R. Kelly

#Struggle #Kids #Fire

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

#Stories #Honest #Being Honest

If we don't love ourselves, tell me, how can we love somebody else?
-- R. Kelly

#Unanswered Questions

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.
-- R. Kelly

#Guy #Singing #Trying