Top 106 Quotes by 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 fell in love with the piano. I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.

The element of fire to me is very powerful because of what it symbolizes, how it symbolizes a strength. It symbolizes something that's unstoppable. You can't get through it, you know.

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.

When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

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

I was worried that one day, 40 years from now, I would look back and wouldn't be able to remember the details of my life, so I've written them all down.

I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.