Alicia Keys Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I love my own music.

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

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.

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

I'm very happy with my body.

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

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.

Simplicity makes me happy.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

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

Soul music is timeless.

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.

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.

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

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