Alicia Keys

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. ”

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. ”

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 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. ”

We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring. ”

I've always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional. ”

Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall. ”

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six. ”

A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes. ”

I think I grew up really fast; I grew up in this really fast-paced business, and I never understood what it meant to take a break or take time off or recover, and I paid for it. ”