Top 275 Quotes & Sayings by Alicia Keys - Page 3

The artists who have inspired me the most in my life are the ones who have really had something to say and stand up for. That, to me, is part of being an artist-having the voice to express things that need to be verbalized and brought to light. Unfortunately, I don't think that's a priority for people, because the few artists who do have the nerve to take a stand for what they believe get shut down in a way.

Right now the way I define beauty is individuality and wisdom, which I think creates a certain inner confidence. And not confidence in a way that's only on the surface, but a deep-down knowing of yourself or settling into who you are.

Prayer keeps me centered.

I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.

The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.

I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.

You're at your most purest, most innocent, pure state when you're doing something you've never done before. You're scared a little, you're a little vulnerable, you're kind of trying, and then you're also better, because you're trying harder than you maybe would try.

Love me like you'll never see me again.

We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there's nothing we can do.

Why give up before we try?

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

You are what you listen to

My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.

Wait, I'm deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.

Everybody goes through their life in different ways. I definitely am having my journey. It evolves and changes. At some moments, I feel totally off center and trying to find my way back.

I think following my instinct has proven to lead me in the right direction, and it's hard to hear sometimes, because it's a noisy world and there's a lot of people talking to you.

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

Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we've been taught or believe to be true. I think that I've come to terms with the fact that that's just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, "Oh, who are you now?" And that might change.

You're stronger, and you're better, and you're ready for whatever.

You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn't mean much without family.

I'm in constant pursuit of growing and evolving.

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

You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you.

We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?

How far you go depends on what you want for yourself, how much you're willing to leave on the floor, and how much you wanna face the fears you have inside of you. It's everything we're all dealing with every day.

Everything's gonna be alright.

Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: Who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing? To feel fulfillment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.

Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.

Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.

How you look is your statement, because it's a claiming of yourself.

All women are NATURALLY, bad ass!

It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

I think there's an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can't be excited when you're not doing something new.

Our mission goes beyond commerce, it goes beyond technology. Our intent is to preserve music's importance in our lives, music is the language of love, of laughter, of heartbreak, of mystery. It's the world's true, true, without question, universal language.

No one will take care of you if you don't take care of yourself.

You can be very fulfilled as a mother, but that can't be the only way you are fulfilled. What about being a woman? What about being yourself? Your awareness of what's happening in the world? It lives altogether in a way that makes a whole. I guess I'd say I'm the wholest I've ever been.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word fear from my vocabulary and I think when you erase fear you can't fail.

I don't worry cause, everything's gonna be alright.

I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.

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 think that marriage is beautiful. And if it's a partnership with someone you love, then it really is beautiful. Yeah, I think that marriage does work.

Even if your family isn't quite there for you, find the people that support you and hang on to those people and try to let go of those that try to take you down.

I've been able to find a lot of what I've not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It's empowering to find those things.

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

Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.

I don't know if we tell women great news about themselves enough. You'd be surprised how often a young woman doesn't hear positive things about herself - not in her home, not at school. It's hard to create a beautiful image for yourself when you've never seen it or heard it.

Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

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

If you treat me fairly, I'll give you all my goods.

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.

It's karma, baby. And it goes around.

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

I thought I had to be perfect. I would often make choices I thought would make everyone else happy. I lived at a pace that was "good for my career," whether it was good for me or not. I have learned how important it is to check in with myself and listen, really listen.

Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you baby Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you, Yeah

I think we deserve people who really, really love us.

Quiet moments recharge me.

I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.

When I was a kid I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.

Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it's really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.