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… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I like to incorporate classical songs that people know and throw a beat and some guitars on it to make it real crazy. It's… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
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,… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a nerd. I'm a cool-ass nerd, but I am definitely a nerd. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
