Quotes from R. Kelly

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 forevermore, it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person.

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.

On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.

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.

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'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.

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

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.

When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.

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 did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love.

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