I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.
ALICIA KEYSI pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
-
-
There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.
ALICIA KEYS -
Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.
ALICIA KEYS -
I don’t have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don’t have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.
ALICIA KEYS -
Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.
ALICIA KEYS -
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.
ALICIA KEYS -
Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
ALICIA KEYS -
Living will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.
ALICIA KEYS -
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.
ALICIA KEYS -
Your life can become the background for the art you create.
ALICIA KEYS -
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.
ALICIA KEYS -
Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.
ALICIA KEYS -
No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
ALICIA KEYS -
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.
ALICIA KEYS -
Love me like you’ll never see me again.
ALICIA KEYS -
I’d rather not have anything than be a liar.
ALICIA KEYS






