Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.
'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 is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head.
'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.
If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only.
I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and touch somebody's heart, and they'll relate to you and what you're singing about.
Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love.
When I think of musical geniuses, I think of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Prince. That's who comes to mind.
My fans have always loved my metaphors.
You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do.
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.
When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
Other kids could read, other kids could write, other kids could spell, they could do math. I felt like an alien. I felt like an outcast. I felt like, 'What is going to happen to me?'
I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen.
When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.
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 really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do it.
