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Alicia Keys
American
Musician
About the author
Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Wonder
#Soul
I'm very happy with my body.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Body
I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Wonder
If I didn't love it, I would not record it.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Love
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.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Want
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.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Music
#Inspiration
My mom is definitely my rock.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Mom
My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Reading
#Mother
#Theater
Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Love
#Trying
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.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Time
#Day
#Music
Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#People
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.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Want
#Day
#Awards
I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick, t like my body.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Body
Simplicity makes me happy.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Simplicity
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.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Want
#People
#Spontaneity
But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Love
#Play
#First
#Dying
Soul music is timeless.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Soul
#Music
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.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Play
#First
#Eyes
#Key
#Name
#Favorite
Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Right
#Love
#Style
#Horses
I'm a very caring person.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Caring
And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Love
#Fun
#Confidence
#Boxing
A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Talk
#Love
#Film
#World
#Opportunity
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.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#People
#Poor
#Reflection
I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
I love my own music.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Love
#Music
I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Love
#Word
I'd rather not have anything than be a liar.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to New Kids on the Block.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Kids
#Listening
I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Life
#Fashion
I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Life
I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Love
#People
#Music
#Hate
I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now.
Alicia Keys,
American
Musician
#Now
#Love
#Living
#Sleep
#Mom