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

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

They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.

'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.

'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy.

'Trapped In The Closet' lives in a place on the earth on its own. It pays its own rent, it's its own landlord, it owns the building, it's everything. And it's so separate from what R. Kelly does; that's the great thing about it.

'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.

All the sounds on 'Trapped in the Closet' - the knockin' on the door, when I grab the keys, when I walk down the stairs, the car horns - we sampled all of those things around my house.

Always believe what you see - with your own eyes, that is. Always believe what you see. That's the best way to go about this business. I've heard a lot of things about a lot of people, and it was never true.

As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only.

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.

Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head.

Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.

Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.

Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.

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.

Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love.

Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing; I keep mixing it up.

I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.

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

I believe the people that buy my music believes in me.

I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.

I did 'Love Letter' and 'Write Me Back,' and those were fun albums for me to do because they took me back to music I love.

I don't have a job, so I sit in the studio all the time and think of stupid stuff to do.

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.

I don't want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want.

I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd.

I feel that I am pregnant by music, and it is the father and mother of my child.

I gave a Christmas party last year - well, two Christmases ago - where I did a Sam Cooke show. I didn't perform as R. Kelly. I performed the Sam Cooke show from 1964, when he performed at the Copacabana.

I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation.

I have Marvin Gaye's driver's license. His wife sent it to me, because she really loved my 'Happy People' record. She said that she thought it represented the sprit of her husband. The license is from California. I get inspired every time I look at it.

I have always been infatuated with country music.

I have always been infatuated with country music. Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories. I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I'm going to make a country album.

I have fans, and I have family that love me, and I have my music, and I have my breath going in and out.

I have three lovely, lovely kids that I am in love with and that's in love with me.

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 just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.

I know how to put it into a melody and make it comical but sexual at the same time.

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

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.

I like to give people more than their money's worth.

I like to laugh and make people have fun.

I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen.

I love blues. My grandfather did blues.

I love that I can play around with all types of music.

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. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.

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 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 said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I'm going to make a country album.