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Alicia Keys Quotes


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.

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.

My mom is definitely my rock.

My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.

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

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.

Simplicity makes me happy.

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.

Soul music is timeless.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

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.