Alicia Keys

Sometimes, I want some damn makeup, and I’m going to wear it! Guess what — if I want to wear red lipstick and put eyelashes on, I can do whatever I f**king want. I am the creator of my own destiny,

New artists can own their content and completely build their base and their following without having to sell or be owned by anybody and it creates such a diversity.

I want my sons to grow up in a world where they’d never think boys are better than girls or that black is better than white.

Kindness, love, strength and determination personified!! Madiba reminds me that everything is possible!

The memory of a day like today reminds me to hold the ones I love that much tighter, that much longer… Take that much more time to be present and to feel the blessing of another day…

[on Prince] I learned about music that didn’t have any barriers or any kind of, like, containment. I learned about wild, crazy topics and ways to express yourself that had never been written in quite that way before. I learned that a human being could be able to defy all stereotypes, and be the epitome of badassness.

My demons are begging me to open up my mouth.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

I’m not something to butter up and taste when you get bored.

She doesn’t let me have control anymore. I must’ve crossed a line, I must’ve lost my mind.

If you wanna break these walls down, you’re gonna get bruised.

You don’t measure love in time. You measure love in transformation. Sometimes the longest connections yield little growth, while the briefest of encounters change everything. The heart doesn’t wear a watch.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It’s a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks.

I live in the realm of romantic possibility.

Whoso loves, believes the impossible.

I have simply found a way of loving through whatever absences or dejections have fallen like tree branches in my path.