“I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find i...” — R. Kelly Quote

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.

Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers.

When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.

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.

The reason you write something that is exciting and visceral is to force people to hear what you have to say, especially if you're in any kind of marginalized community where people don't want to listen. You have to come up with tricks to make them listen.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.