Alicia Keys Quotes

I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you'd better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that's going to shape them. They are going to become you.

My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.

Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.

At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.

There are so many things where I realize, like, simple circumstance, like the simple choice that I made one night to not do that and to do this, one night could have changed everything.

Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually.

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned

To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up.

The element of fire to me is very powerful because of what it symbolizes, how it symbolizes a strength. It symbolizes something that's unstoppable. You can't get through it, you know.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

I think that marriage is beautiful. And if it's a partnership with someone you love, then it really is beautiful. Yeah, I think that marriage does work.

I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.

I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.

Even if your family isn't quite there for you, find the people that support you and hang on to those people and try to let go of those that try to take you down.

I've been able to find a lot of what I've not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It's empowering to find those things.

Why give up before we try?

You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn't mean much without family.

I think following my instinct has proven to lead me in the right direction, and it's hard to hear sometimes, because it's a noisy world and there's a lot of people talking to you.

Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

I think we deserve people who really, really love us.

I know people who've gone to jail. It don't mean you stop loving them! They deservin' love just as much in there, and maybe they needin' it more.

Quiet moments recharge me.

What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.

I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I'm able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I'm able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.

If I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.

You've got to love what's yours.

Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.

Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?

There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.

Love will come find you Just to remind you Of who you are [...] See that's the thing about love [...] Then life It will embrace you Totally amaze you So you don't give up

In fact, I think that's my favorite word and the most important word when it comes to relationships: equality.

People don't expect me to be as funny as I am.

The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside. It reminds me to live in the moment.

Listening to great music and art inspires me and recharges me.

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

Many things inspire me. First and foremost, my family, my husband, and our son. I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.

I realize that I want something more. Success is great, but then you also wake up in your hotel room at four in the morning and you're like, wouldn't it be nice to have someone here with me.

Only joy comes from song.

I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.

Every moment is beautiful; delicious even! Every moment I'm learning and living in a way I never have before. Being present in a way I never have before. Existing in moments I never have before.

When I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together.

When I really need it, talking is the best way to deal with emotional pain.

I have this vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle jacket. When I put it on, it has this supercool feeling to it.

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood.

Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it made me feel something. That's when I realized music was inside me.

I have big everything on the bottom but I love my legs. You've got to love what's yours.

When you're talented, you're talented.

If I can remain excited about the music that I'm giving you, then you're damn sure going to be excited about it.

I'm so grateful that I can play and that I can execute what I hear in my head, because that's the tricky part.

I'm inspired by many of my friends, colleagues, and the extraordinary people I've been fortunate enough to meet along the way.