Alicia Keys

I don't dream - only if I'm uncomfortable or I'm going through something. ”

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate. ”

I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be. ”

Music is funny. I shouldn't even ever talk about music, because you can have all the ideas in your head, and it never goes exactly the way that you think it's gonna go. ”

People don't expect me to be as funny as I am. ”

I'm the cofounder of Keep a Child Alive. We provide medicine for families affected by HIV and AIDS in places like Africa and India. ”

I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand. ”

Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel passionate... I want you to see another side of me, that's free, and feel where my head is, where whatever happens, happens. I want you to feel inspired. ”

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

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. ”