64 Alicia Keys Quotes About Life (MUSIC)

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“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 a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you’re not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.”
Alicia Keys

Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it. — Everything you want to be, you already are. You’re simply on the path to discovering it.

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail. — Failure isn’t an option. I’ve erased the word ‘**fear**‘ from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can’t fail.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am. — I always want to stay **focused** on who I am, even as I’m discovering who I am.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once. — Be driven, be **focused**, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

Love me like you'll never see me again. — **Love** me like you’ll never see me again.

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body. — I’m not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I’m thick. I like my body.

Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless. — **Love** is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.

Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly.

There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self. — There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.

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“The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.”
Alicia Keys

Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.

The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.

Maturity and experience are part of my liberation. — **Maturity** and experience are part of my liberation.

I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration. — I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great **change**, confusion, or frustration.

It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential. — It’s when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.

It's very important to say what I mean and what I feel no matter what goes on because otherwise I risk losing myself. — It’s very important to say what I mean and what I feel no matter what goes on because otherwise I risk losing myself.

“But from this side of life, I can see how every moment, every experience, every pivot, even my supposed missteps have been life’s way of getting me where I have always been meant to go. Rather than resisting the current, I’ve learned to surrender.”
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I'd rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I'm not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it. — I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.

At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive. — At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn’t even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.

I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening. — I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.

You can't really compare people. That's one of the biggest lessons I've learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are. — You can’t really compare people. That’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.

And when I reveal my true heart, not everyone is going to approve. What I know now is that I don’t need them to.

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. — 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.

We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life? — We’re all going to **change**. Otherwise, it’s boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?

You're stronger, and you're better, and you're ready for whatever. — You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.

Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly.

Do what makes you feel good as opposed to trying to please every-damn-body.

I’d rather not have anything than be a liar.

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“Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we’ve been taught or believe to be true. I think that I’ve come to terms with the fact that that’s just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, ‘Oh, who are you now?’ And that might change.”
Alicia Keys

There is no way to be perfect and no fun in being perfect.

If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other. — If we took the **time** to **learn** more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more **empathy** for each other.

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. — 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.

It has been about realizing that in order for the truth to set me free, I must first be brave enough to birth it. — It has been about realizing that in order for the **truth** to set me free, I must first be brave enough to birth it.

What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.

I don’t have to fit in. None of us does. Our uniqueness isn’t a scar, but a beauty mark. What makes us different is also what makes us wildly, boldly, and marvelously who we were born to be. — I don’t have to fit in. None of us does. Our uniqueness isn’t a scar, but a **beauty** mark. What makes us different is also what makes us wildly, boldly, and marvelously who we were born to be.

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

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 life, I also need to listen to what I have to say. — 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 life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

Growth requires movement. And often, the only way forward is through an exit door. — **Growth** requires movement. And often, the only way forward is through an exit door.

“Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.”
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You are allowed to be radical and have strong thoughts that others might not agree with.

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is. — I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That’s just not what my life is.

I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way.

Every moment is beautiful; delicious even!

When life forces you to face yourself, what awaits in the mirror is a gift: vulnerability. Your heart is pierced. You’re broken open. You’re hyperaware of what you’re feeling.

I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.

Death is a gift meant to wake up the living, to nudge us toward a life of purpose and intention. — Death is a gift meant to wake up the living, to nudge us toward a life of **purpose** and intention.

I don't want to cover up anymore. Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. Nothing. — I don’t want to cover up anymore. Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. Nothing.

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“We don’t draw loved ones into our lives coincidentally. They’re there to shine a light on our unfinished emotional business, to reveal to us our deepest tendencies. And as my life is proving to me even now, those patterns appear time and again, often cleverly disguised. And they’ll keep right on showing up until we’re willing to truly look at them.”
Alicia Keys

Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear. — **Love** is giving of yourself in a way that is free of **fear**.

No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I'll be waiting. — No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I’ll be waiting.

To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous. — To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it’s gorgeous.

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. — 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.

“It has been said that a girl grows up to choose a man who either bears a striking resemblance to her father, or one who is nothing like him. Both choices are, at their core, reactions.”
Alicia Keys