We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life? Alicia Keys More Quotes by Alicia Keys More Quotes From Alicia Keys I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It's universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I've learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do. Alicia Keys prayer law believe I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything. Alicia Keys giving believe thinking Prayer keeps me centered. Alicia Keys prayer I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way. Alicia Keys powerful giving believe I don't know if we tell women great news about themselves enough. You'd be surprised how often a young woman doesn't hear positive things about herself - not in her home, not at school. It's hard to create a beautiful image for yourself when you've never seen it or heard it. Alicia Keys home beautiful school There are so many things where I realize, like, simple circumstance, like the simple choice that I made one night to not do that and to do this, one night could have changed everything. Alicia Keys choices simple night We listen so much to everybody - more than ever, because we have a kabillion voices whose opinion we can access - and we care so much if everybody agrees with us. To bust through all of the noise is very challenging. Alicia Keys care voice challenges What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving. Alicia Keys our-world suffering heart Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13. Alicia Keys records soul wonder 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 boxing fun giving When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed. Alicia Keys piano music mother My mom always said, "Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you." Alicia Keys guy mom thinking 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. Alicia Keys mother beautiful children I love being a mom. And I think what I love the most is the way it makes me think about what's important and what's not important. What to fight for and what to just be cool with. What it is that I'm teaching through example and what it is that I was taught that I don't want to teach. Alicia Keys fighting mom teaching I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me. Alicia Keys hate-people hate people So we come together before you on this day, March 30th, 2015, with one voice in unity in the hopes that today will be another one of those moments in time, a moment that will forever change the course of music history. Alicia Keys music artist change Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones. Alicia Keys fleeting moments want Not having all the information can make me feel vulnerable. Alicia Keys information vulnerable feels You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next. Alicia Keys one-minute next minutes The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements. Alicia Keys arrangements depends song