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Alicia Keys Quotes
Alicia Keys Quotes
Alicia Keys
American
Musician
Born:
Jan 25
,
1981
Love
Me
Mother
Music
People
You
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My mom is definitely my rock.
Alicia Keys
Mom
Definitely
Mother's Day
Rock
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.
Alicia Keys
Good
You
World
Darkness
Light
Too Much
Feeling
Not Good Enough
Down
Too
Enough
Way
Everywhere
Some
Someone
Go
Tryin
Want
Inadequacy
Turn
Much
Certain
Tear
Bring
I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
Alicia Keys
Focused
Stay
Stay Focused
Always
Am
Discovering
Want
Who
Even
I'd rather not have anything than be a liar.
Alicia Keys
Liar
Rather
Than
Anything
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.
Alicia Keys
Positive
Time
Happy
Be Nice
Long
Long Time
Mask
Nice
Took
Positive Person
Bad
Wearing
Having
Perfectly
Like
Concept
Smiling
Understand
Always
Becoming
Real
Very
Person
Sculpture
Whole
Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.
Alicia Keys
Failure
You
Fear
Word
Think
Vocabulary
Fail
Erase
Erased
Option
I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.
Alicia Keys
Life
My Life
See
Attached
Material
Material Things
Very
Gets
Just
Happens
Things
I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.
Alicia Keys
Like
Am
Curves
Ashamed
Body
Thick
Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
Alicia Keys
Experience
Maturity
Liberation
Part
We are all one. We're not as separate as we oftentimes think.
Alicia Keys
Think
Oftentimes
Separate
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.
Alicia Keys
Myself
Me
Danger
Would
Would-Be
Give
More
Wings
Directions
Feel
Like
Spread
Offer
Person
Different
Different Directions
Capacities
Much
Who
Chance
I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.
Alicia Keys
Believe
Incredible
Times
Frightening
Capable
Realization
Things
Humans
I'm the cofounder of Keep a Child Alive. We provide medicine for families affected by HIV and AIDS in places like Africa and India.
Alicia Keys
Medicine
AIDS
Alive
India
Like
Affected
Provide
Families
Child
HIV
Africa
Places
Keep
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.
Alicia Keys
Good
You
Better
Will
Good Person
Become
Think
Kids
See
Shape
Because
Person
Going
Them
Your
Who
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.
Alicia Keys
Trust
People
Fear
Fears
Think
Other
Our
Had
Feel
Like
Majority
Hold
Sudden
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.
Alicia Keys
People
Treat
Reflection
Face
Important
Believe
AIDS
Most
Important Issue
Because
How
Issue
The Most Important
Poor
Who
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.
Alicia Keys
Love
Style
Own
Wild
Wild Horses
Classic
Stays
Alley
Remade
Horses
True
Arrangement
Still
Up
Very
Rolling
Stones
Rolling Stones
Whole
Right
Adam
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.
Alicia Keys
Myself
Me
Tired
Made
Too
Saw
Out
Had
Powerful
Like
Felt
Understand
Built
How
Were
Timeless
Egypt
Anything
Burnt
Create
Things
Needed
It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.
Alicia Keys
You
Become
Worried
Everything
About
Potential
Never
Highest
Reach
Going
Afraid
Your
When you're talented, you're talented.
Alicia Keys
You
Talented
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.
Alicia Keys
Love
Me
People
Mother
Opportunity
Decision
Job
Husband
Past
Input
Those
Valued
Wear
Consult
Pursue
Like
Make
Always
Manager
Closest
Whenever
In The Past
Whether
Event
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.
Alicia Keys
Theatre
Mother
Fall
Would
Fabric
Spirit
Around
Am
Blood
Up
Grew
Asleep
Who
Chairs
Actress
Tons
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.
Alicia Keys
Me
Feeling
Stage
Energy
Other
Alive
Inside
Something
Something New
Crowd
New
Come
Like
Makes
Audience
Interaction
Fuels
Really
As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.
Alicia Keys
Love
Great
You
Other
Lyricist
Lyrics
Concepts
Hear
I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to 'New Kids on the Block.'
Alicia Keys
Myself
Listening
Kids
Promised
Admit
Never
New
Block
Actually
I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.
Alicia Keys
Love
Music
Me
Love Me
Hate
People
Would
Something
Make
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