Robert Sylvester Kelly Quotes

• You know, I love plays. I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director.

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

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• Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I’ve been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

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• My mother wasn’t rich, and I never seen my father. I was a street performer. I’ve been shot. And now I’m known around the world, and I’ve touched a lot of people with my music. That’s one of the great testimonies that’s gonna go down in history.

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

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• 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 struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

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• If I’m going to be a leader then I have to go places that other people are afraid to go to. That’s what makes a leader. To be not afraid to step out and go over the frontline. To stare darkness right in the face.

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• I wouldn’t be able to do the songs as long as I’ve been doing if I didn’t feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.

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

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• In life, you have people that love to party. That’s me. People that love God. That’s me. People that love sex. That’s me. People that love people. That’s me. And people that make mistakes.That’s me also.

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• 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.

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• I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person.

   

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• I’m very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I’m not perfect. But you have to make sure that your children will know that daddy makes mistakes.

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• I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I’m not just stuck in one situation.

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• 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 realise that now.

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• I want America to know that you can’t believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can’t believe everything you see.

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• I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day.

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• Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.

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• Love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forever more it will go on undefeated. I’m also a very loving person.

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• Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I’m working the music.

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Robert Sylvester Kelly (26)

Birth:	8th January, 1967
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Record Producer, Lyricist, Singer

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Robert Sylvester Kelly known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Often referred to as the King of R&B, Kelly is recognized as one of the most successful R&B artists of all-time.

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