201 Quotes by R. Kelly

To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.

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.

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 know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.

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.

'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.

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

I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it.

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.