I'd rather not have anything than be a liar. Alicia Keys More Quotes by Alicia Keys More Quotes From Alicia Keys You can't really compare people. That's one of the biggest lessons I've learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are. Alicia Keys ive-learnedlessonspeople Love me like you'll never see me again. Alicia Keys best-lovelike-you You're at your most purest, most innocent, pure state when you're doing something you've never done before. You're scared a little, you're a little vulnerable, you're kind of trying, and then you're also better, because you're trying harder than you maybe would try. Alicia Keys donelittlestrying 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. Alicia Keys pianonew-yorkkids Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world. Alicia Keys empoweringwholeworld You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you. Alicia Keys carefiremean 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 vocabularyfailingthinking How you look is your statement, because it's a claiming of yourself. Alicia Keys statementslooks I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend. Alicia Keys wifemotherbeautiful I thought I had to be perfect. I would often make choices I thought would make everyone else happy. I lived at a pace that was "good for my career," whether it was good for me or not. I have learned how important it is to check in with myself and listen, really listen. Alicia Keys careerschoicesperfect 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. Alicia Keys feelingswritinglong 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. Alicia Keys doebeautifulthinking 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 shapeskidsthinking We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there's nothing we can do. Alicia Keys slaverypeoplethinking I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one. Alicia Keys great-oneshugekeys Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are. Alicia Keys sweet-lovewho-you-aresweet I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance. Alicia Keys wake-upsleepneeds It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable. Alicia Keys vulnerablefeels I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms. Alicia Keys drugalcoholthinking I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body. Alicia Keys curvesbodykeys
