Quotes from Alicia Keys

I think being really connected to a higher power, of having a spirituality to me, has been really good for me and I pray all the time.

Love me like you'll never see me again.

Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.

Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love...it's: Wow, life is good.

Falling down ain't falling down, If you don't cry when you hit the floor, It's called the past cause I'm getting past, And I ain't nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now

Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.

It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.

From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've learnt that they're meaningless, and they're mostly inaccurate. So I don't worry about it, because there's nothin' for me to deal with.

I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I'm able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I'm able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.

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.

Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That's how strong my love is.

I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.

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.

I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music, new writers, or new art.

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

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.

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood.

I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding, love and attention can produce the biggest results.

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

Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.

Living will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.

Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.

Simplicity makes me happy.

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.