I think conveying the emotion of the collective "we" is pretty incredible. Especially in tumultuous times like we are in now. Alicia Keys More Quotes by Alicia Keys More Quotes From Alicia Keys I can do what I want to do, lucky me. But when these people are coming at me and asking these things, they don't really care about me. And I have felt like there were all these people who just wanted to use me. Alicia Keys care want people I realize that I want something more. Success is great, but then you also wake up in your hotel room at four in the morning and you're like, wouldn't it be nice to have someone here with me. Alicia Keys want-something nice morning 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. Alicia Keys play writing song I play Beethoven and Bach. At the same Alicia Keys biggie dog play At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive. Alicia Keys being-real the-end-of-the-day mean Here's my pet peeve: The not-so-unstated rule that all women are only to be treated as sexual objects and gawked at-you know, sitting up against a car, washing something, bending over, licking something. That just drives me crazy. Alicia Keys car crazy pet I dream about speaking in big forums about issues that need to be spoken about. I dream about helping others who I know and love, helping them realize their dreams. I dream about being able to express myself through acting and writing, definitely. I dream about bringing more realism into the world. Sometimes I just feel like certain things are so glossed over and covered up and swept under the rug and I just want to bring them out. Alicia Keys helping-others dream writing I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before. Alicia Keys girl cities beautiful How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began. Alicia Keys real journey blessed 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 majority people thinking My son makes me super giddy, especially when he laughs. His laugh makes me laugh like a maniac! Alicia Keys make-me-laugh laughing son Many things inspire me. First and foremost, my family, my husband, and our son. I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way. Alicia Keys appreciate husband son I think what happens in the world, and I think it's part human nature and part programming, is we become an emulation of what we see. We become clones of each other. Alicia Keys emulation world thinking 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. It reminds me to live in the moment. Alicia Keys energy feelings live-in-the-moment If I can remain excited about the music that I'm giving you, then you're damn sure going to be excited about it. Alicia Keys excited damn giving There are certain things we come into this world having to defeat. And for me, and I would not be surprised if a lot of women feel this same way, it's this thing of not being 100 percent comfortable with myself. Alicia Keys defeat way world I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. Alicia Keys grew tough grew-up I have this vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle jacket. When I put it on, it has this supercool feeling to it. Alicia Keys vintage motorcycle feelings You can be very fulfilled as a mother, but that can't be the only way you are fulfilled. What about being a woman? What about being yourself? Your awareness of what's happening in the world? It lives altogether in a way that makes a whole. I guess I'd say I'm the wholest I've ever been. Alicia Keys being-yourself mother world I know people who've gone to jail. It don't mean you stop loving them! They deservin' love just as much in there, and maybe they needin' it more. Alicia Keys jail mean people
