R. Kelly Quotes
Born: January 8, 1969
R. Kelly, a towering figure in modern R&B, is a complex chronicler of resilience and raw human truth. His music, often a confessional diary of struggle, love, and survival, offers a gritty, unfiltered philosophy on life’s climb from hardship to triumph. Through anthems of perseverance and soaring ballads, he distilled the wisdom of the streets into universal lessons about rising after a fall. His quotes resonate because they speak not of polished perfection, but of the messy, painful, and ultimately victorious journey toward self-belief, making his legacy a powerful, if controversial, testament to the soul’s enduring will.
R. Kelly Quotes (55)
"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"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"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 feel that I am pregnant by music, and it is the father and mother of my child."
— R. Kelly"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"Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love."
— R. Kelly"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."
— R. Kelly"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"Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies."
— R. Kelly"I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!"
— R. Kelly"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."
— R. Kelly"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."
— R. Kelly"I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it."
— R. Kelly"They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me."
— R. Kelly"I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see."
— R. Kelly"Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music."
— R. Kelly"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"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."
— R. Kelly"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"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"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"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"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"I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person."
— R. Kelly