R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester "R" Kelly is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former professional basketball player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, often referred to as the King of R&B, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play. He is known for a collection of major hit singles including "Bump N' Grind", "Your Body's Callin'", "I Believe I Can Fly", "Gotham City", "Ignition",...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth8 January 1967
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.
If we don't love ourselves, tell me, how can we love somebody else?
I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now.
I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
Soon as I see her walk up in the club, I'm a flirt. Winking eyes at me, when I roll up on them dubs, I'm a flirt. Sometimes when I'm with my chick on the low, I'm a flirt. And when she's wit her man looking at me, damn right, I'm a flirt.
While the angels sing, I'd ask you to marry me, give you the sun for a diamond ring, if I could do those things.
Injustice anywhere is an injustice anywhere
I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.
We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.
The deepest need of men is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God.
There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'