Quotes By Alicia Keys

I'm a very caring person.

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.

Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.

When you're talented, you're talented.

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

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

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

I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.

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

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.

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 see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

I'm very happy with my body.

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

I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I love my heritage!

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.

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