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

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..

My greatest competition is, well, me..

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 s….

I spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce..

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

It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing for Michael Jackson. I'd be a fool not to s….

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

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

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….

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

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

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

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 m….

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..

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 ….

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

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 ….

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

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 ….

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 y….