and now, R Kelly regarding Hurricane Katrina

I'm going through my own struggle, my own hurricane in a way, we all do, and you're either gonna fold or you're going to stand, and I believe in standing," Kelly said. "I believe in overcoming, and if I can do it, I wanna be that light so people can see me and feel they can inspired and say, you know, R. Kelly can get through this, I can get through this, so we can actually go through this together.

-R Kelly regarding his upcoming trial on child pornography charges stemming from allegations he videotaped himself having sex with a teenage girl.