Alicia Keys Quotes

Still when I'm a mess I still put on a vest With an 'S' on my chest Oh yes, I'm a Superwoman

Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.

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

Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly.

You're stronger, and you're better, and you're ready for whatever.

It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.

There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.

The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.

Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly

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

If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.

I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.

My mom is definitely my rock.

Love me like you'll never see me again.

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.

Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.

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.

It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

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

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.

Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love...it's: Wow, life is good.

Falling down ain't falling down, If you don't cry when you hit the floor, It's called the past cause I'm getting past, And I ain't nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now

I feel more like I'm a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.

Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it's really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.

Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.

It's karma, baby. And it goes around.

Wait, I'm deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.

You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you.

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

You can't really compare people. That's one of the biggest lessons I've learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.

I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.

I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.

Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That’s how strong my love is.

I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.

The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

How you look is your statement, because it's a claiming of yourself.

I don't dream - only if I'm uncomfortable or I'm going through something.

I look forward to my first visit to Israel. Music is a universal language that is meant to unify audiences in peace and love, and that is the spirit of our show.

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

I'm very happy with my body.

I'm committed to evolving and growing and sitting at the head of my own table with no fears or limitations. But I've also learned to be more open now and more spontaneous in life.

I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way.

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.

Simplicity makes me happy.

I wouldn't mind being in one place for two months or so. It really doesn't sound so bad!

Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.