Quotes By Alicia Keys

I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to 'New Kids on the Block.'

My mom is definitely my rock.

When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song.

Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel passionate... I want you to see another side of me, that's free, and feel where my head is, where whatever happens, happens. I want you to feel inspired.

A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.

We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring.

We are all one. We're not as separate as we oftentimes think.

I love my heritage!

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.

If I didn't love it, I would not record it.

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.

I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

I really appreciate Frank Ocean's lyrical style, I appreciate the way that he can kind of draw you into this personal space, but it's still lyrical. It's almost poetic, in a way, but it's very personal at the same time.

I fell in love with the piano. I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now.

I love my legs.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

I'd rather not have anything than be a liar.

Simplicity makes me happy.

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.

You've got to love what's yours.

I'm a very caring person.