Home / Authors / Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys Quotes

Singer-songwriter

Alicia Keys, born on January 25, 1981, is a talented singer-songwriter known for her unique blend of R&B, soul, and classical music elements. Since her debut in 2001, she has captivated global audiences with her distinctive voice and emotional performances.

Filter quotes by topic

All Feels People Thinking Way World Ifs Want Knows Giving Moments

Famous Alicia Keys Quotes

“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.”

Firsts Play Eye Song Names Keys Letters All Time Minors Moody All Time Favorite Through My Eyes

Author:Alicia Keys

“I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.”

Made Felt Powerful Saws Needed Built Tired Timeless Egypt

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

World Feels Sometimes Film Opportunity Watches Tvs Colorful One Sided

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

Stills Whole Style Stones Horse Classic Adam Rolling Arrangements Alleys Rolling Stones Very True Wild Horses

Author:Alicia Keys

“From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've learnt that they're meaningless, and they're mostly inaccurate. So I don't worry about it, because there's nothin' for me to deal with.”

People Deals Worry Silly Meaningless Silly Things

Author:Alicia Keys

“I definitely want to act, but I also want to score movies, and I have this idea to fuse classical music with other styles that would give it a different perception.”

Want Giving Ideas Different Style Perception Score Classical Music Fuse Different Perceptions

Author:Alicia Keys

“I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in my blood; it's in my spirit and my fabric of who I am.”

Spirit Mother Fall Blood Grew Grew Up Actresses Theatre Who I Am Chairs Fabric

Author:Alicia Keys

“I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did.”

Home Three Morning Streets Middle Grew Grew Up Train

Author:Alicia Keys

“I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.”

Children Beautiful Mother Powerful Brilliant Interaction Gorgeous Family Love Children Love Close Relationship Powerful Love

Author:Alicia Keys

“I really appreciate Frank Ocean's lyrical style, I appreciate the way that he can kind of draw you into this personal space, but it's still lyrical. It's almost poetic, in a way, but it's very personal at the same time.”

Way Kind Stills Space Style Ocean Draws Appreciate Poetic Frank Lyrical Personal Space

Author:Alicia Keys

“I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.”

Persons Long Real Whole Nice Becoming Long Time Concepts Mask Being Nice Sculpture Always Happy Very Positive Always Smile Positive Person Wearing A Mask Always Be Nice

Author:Alicia Keys

“I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music, new writers, or new art.”

People World Art Artist Inspiring Wonderful Musician Inspired Discovering New Music Talented Musicians

Author:Alicia Keys

“I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.”

People Jobs Past Mother Opportunity Decision Events Husband Pursue Managers Closest Input Job Opportunities

Author:Alicia Keys

“Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.”

Bigs Ability Wall Blessing Paper Curse Pens

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

Feels Made Play Hands Left Dark Blue I Realized Mock Counterparts Left Hand

Author:Alicia Keys

“My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures. But any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is seen as black in America. So that's how I regard myself.”

Persons Made Different Able America Culture Black Race Regard Backgrounds Relate Colour Broads Different Cultures Mixed Race

Author:Alicia Keys

“My parents weren't married. It wasn't like my dad up and left. I maintained a steady relationship with my grandparents. My dad's mother is my nana, and I'm closer to her than almost anybody in this world.”

World Mother Left Parent This World Dad Married My Dad Steady Grandparent

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

People Want Feels Happens Sides Inspired Passionate I Want You Spontaneity Whatever Happens Whatever Happens Happens

Author:Alicia Keys

“There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.”

World Way Want Enough Feelings Light Certain Turns Darkness Too Much Tears Good Enough Not Good Enough Inadequacy Feelings Of Inadequacy

Author:Alicia Keys

“Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: Who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing? To feel fulfillment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.”

Ifs World Feels Mean Important Understanding Levels This World Empty Important Things Deeper Meaningless Fulfilment

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

Knows World Years Helping Dream Kids Able Crazy Involved Forgotten Bronx Crazy World This Crazy World

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

Kids New York Hip Hop Radio Hips Piano Hops Concrete Jungle Blast Practise Stoops Concrete Jungle Dawgs

Author:Alicia Keys

“When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song.”

Writing Firsts Play Song Twists Chords Favorite Song

Author:Alicia Keys

“When I was younger, my mother and I, we'd have these crazy, crazy fights. Everyone would storm out mad, and the only way that I'd be able to express myself was to write her. We would write letters back and forth for days. When I'm writing, I feel uninterrupted. I write what I'm going through and how I see it.”

Way Feels Writing Able Mother Fighting Crazy Letters Mad Storm Back And Forth

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

Feelings Energy Audience Alive Stage Crowds Fuel Something New Interaction

Author:Alicia Keys

“Love me like you'll never see me again.”

Like You Best Love

Author:Alicia Keys

“Everything's gonna be alright.”

Author:Alicia Keys

“Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you baby Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you, Yeah”

People Ifs Want Mean Baby Yeah Rings Diamond Diamond Rings

Author:Alicia Keys

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

People Thinking Deserve

Author:Alicia Keys

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

World Hands Silver Silver Platter

Author:Alicia Keys

“Why give up before we try?”

Giving Trying Giving Up

Author:Alicia Keys

“No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I'll be waiting.”

Long Matter Waiting Distance

Author:Alicia Keys

“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.”

Moments Beautiful Delicious

Author:Alicia Keys

“Why give up before we try Feel the lows before the highs Clip our wings before we fly away I can't say I came prepared I'm suspended in the air Won't you come be in the sky with me”

Giving Feels Trying I Can Air Sky Giving Up Lows Wings Prepared Suspended Clip Fly Away

Author:Alicia Keys

“He broke my heart, and now it's raining, just to rub it in.”

Heart My Heart Rain Broke Broke My Heart He Broke My Heart

Author:Alicia Keys

“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”

Soul Mistake Lessons My Soul Burned Lesson Learned

Author:Alicia Keys

“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”

Ifs Past Fall Causes Cry Ought Falling Down

Author:Alicia Keys

“Sometimes I feel like I don't belong anywhere, & it's gonna take so long for me to get to somewhere, Sometimes I feel so heavy hearted, but I can't explain cuz I'm so guarded. But that's a lonely road to travel, and a heavy load to bear. And it's a long, long way to heaven but I gotta get there Can you send an angel? Can you send me an angel...to guide me.”

Way Feels Long I Can Sometimes Heaven Bears Angel Lonely Heavy Guides Load Long Way Hearted Guarded Cuz Guide Me Heavy Loads Heavy Hearted Lonely Roads

Author:Alicia Keys

“The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.”

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

Inspirational Ready Stronger

Author:Alicia Keys

“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”

Life Giving Giving Up Who You Are Embrace Don't Give Up

Author:Alicia Keys

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

Stills Mess Chests Vests Superwoman Super Woman

Author:Alicia Keys

“I’ve found that the best life has to offer is right in front of me, with my husband and child”

Children Found Fronts Offers Husband My Husband

Author:Alicia Keys

“And Im happy that Im not super skinny.”

Author:Alicia Keys

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

People Kind Life Is Rich

Author:Alicia Keys

“I loved grand pianos and small pianos, too.”

Author:Alicia Keys

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

Fall Strong Love Is Shakes Earthquakes

Author:Alicia Keys

“Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say about it is that sometimes you have to see that kind of stuff so as to have a more balanced view about why it's so bad.”

Kind I Can Sometimes Stuff Views Hip Hop Video Awful Hips Best Things Hops Balanced Imagery All The Best

Author:Alicia Keys

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

Author:Alicia Keys

“Cause I am a Superwoman, Yes I am, Yes she is, Even when I'm a mess, I still put on a vest, With an S on my chest, Oh yes, I'm a Superwoman, ... And all my sisters, Coming together, Say yes I will, Yes I can”

Stills I Can Together Causes Mess Chests My Sister Coming Together Vests Superwoman Yes I Can Super Woman

Author:Alicia Keys

About the Author

Born: January 25, 1981
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 265

Related Topics

Feels People Thinking Way World Ifs Want Knows Giving Moments

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

More Myself: A JourneyRelated source material

Similar Authors

Taylor SwiftBrowse related quotes
David LevithanBrowse related quotes
Kristen StewartBrowse related quotes
Angelina JolieBrowse related quotes
Tori AmosBrowse related quotes
Madonna CicconeBrowse related quotes
Dolly PartonBrowse related quotes
Marilyn MansonBrowse related quotes
George SaundersBrowse related quotes
Jodi PicoultBrowse related quotes