Alicia Keys Quotes
"I'm very happy with my body."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Body)
"I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Wonder)
"If I didn't love it, I would not record it."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love)
"If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Want)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Music, Inspiration, Songs)
"My mom is definitely my rock."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Mom)
"My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Mother, Reading, Theater)
"Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Trying)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Music, Time, Day)
"Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: People)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Awards, Day, Want)
"I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick, t like my body."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Body)
"Simplicity makes me happy."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Simplicity)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: People, Spontaneity, Want)
"But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Dying, First, Play)
"Soul music is timeless."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Music, Soul)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Eyes, Favorite, First, Key, Name, Play, Songs)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Horses, Right, Style)
"I'm a very caring person."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Caring)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Boxing, Confidence, Fun)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Opportunity, Film, Talk, World)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: People, Poor, Reflection)
"I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is."
- Alicia Keys
"I love my own music."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Music)
"I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Word)
"I'd rather not have anything than be a liar."
- Alicia Keys
"I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to New Kids on the Block."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Kids, Listening)
"I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Life, Fashion)
"I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Life)
"I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Music, People, Hate)
"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."
- Alicia Keys
(Related: Love, Mom, Living, Now, Sleep)