Alicia Keys Quotes

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

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

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.
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Alone, Place, Whatever

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.
Alicia Keys

Mother, Father, Taste

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
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Soul music is timeless.
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Music, Soul, Timeless

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

Simplicity makes me happy.
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Happy, Makes, Simplicity

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.
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Through, Eyes, Play

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

I'm very happy with my body.
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I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.
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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.
Alicia Keys

Love, Fun, Confidence

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.
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Matter, Whose, Sides

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.
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Life, Love, Good

I love my own music.
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I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
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Life, Live, Fashion

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

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

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.
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Music, Done, Until

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.
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Long, After, Last

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.
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Music, Time, Nice

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.
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Love, Sometimes, Become

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.
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Love, True, Whole

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

Important, Poor, Treat

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 25, 1981

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