Alicia Keys

I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

I constantly ask myself if what I’m doing is for me or somebody else. It’s tripping me out!

Only a woman can breathe under the water of life defying gravity and staying zen while doing it.

What I learned the most from Prince was putting art first, being creatively ambitious, and putting creativity at the forefront of what I do.

Everyone deserves an equal chance at success.

It’s my nature to downplay.

Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.

There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.

New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.

I’m so optimistic, I’d go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.

Once you focus on your life’s objectives, you need to focus on your instructors to make sure they are qualified to teach you what you want to know. They should have already been where you want to go and have lived to tell about it.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.

It’s absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

We don’t get what we want, we get what we think we deserve… ask for more.

You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now.

Think BIG! You are going to be thinking anyway, so think BIG!

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organised their energies around a goal.

There are no guarantees, but being ready sure beats being taken by surprise.