My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don’t write songs… write life. I decided to take her up on that. R. Kelly Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them. R. Kelly Read Quote
As with all the other rappers I’ve worked with, Biggie and I shared common ground. Even though Biggie grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up in Chicago, we came from the same ‘hood. R. Kelly Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. R. Kelly Read Quote
On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us. R. Kelly Read Quote