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 fathergonnagreat share on social
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 constantlydayexcite Change image and share on social
I started learning everybody's riffs, from Donny Hathaway to Jeffrey Osborne to James Ingram. That helped me create my own style of singing. R. Kelly createdonnyhathaway Change image and share on social
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 carpetcharacterdirector share on social
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 abilitychilddaddy Change image and share on social
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. R. Kelly buydinnergirl Change image and share on social
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. R. Kelly albumbattlefail share on social
I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken. R. Kelly breakfatherhave Change image and share on social
'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. R. Kelly albumconceptdress Change image and share on social
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 goodlearnlong Change image and share on social