Alicia Keys Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often, we turn the other way because we think there's nothing we can do.”

“When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.”

“How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.”

“I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.”

“I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust; they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.”

“When you're talented, you're talented.”

“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 own music.”

“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.”

“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.”