Quote

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 Keys

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
Art Collector
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Poet
Presenter
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
Really
Seeing
Neighborhood
Think
Away
Drugs
Thinking
Form
Alcohol
Around
Forms
Part
Drug
Young
Tough
Steer
Everything
Grew
Steers
Made
Pretty
Prostitution

More quotes by Alicia Keys

Image
I'd rather not have anything than be a liar.
Alicia Keys
Image
Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
Alicia Keys
Image
I feel more like I'm a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.
Alicia Keys
Image
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
Image
I don't know if we tell women great news about themselves enough. You'd be surprised how often a young woman doesn't hear positive things about herself - not in her home, not at school. It's hard to create a beautiful image for yourself when you've never seen it or heard it.
Alicia Keys
Image
Falling down ain't falling down, If you don't cry when you hit the floor, It's called the past cause I'm getting past, And I ain't nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now
Alicia Keys
Image
Only joy comes from song.
Alicia Keys
Image
There is this fallacy about how women are catty, that we're all in competition with each other. I'd say: As opposed to getting swept up in jealousy, use that pang to give you an indication of what you are looking for.
Alicia Keys
Image
Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it made me feel something. That's when I realized music was inside me.
Alicia Keys
Image
Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly.
Alicia Keys
Image
I've always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional.
Alicia Keys
Image
I'm definitely a nerd. I'm a cool-ass nerd, but I am definitely a nerd.
Alicia Keys
Image
You're stronger, and you're better, and you're ready for whatever.
Alicia Keys
Image
Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.
Alicia Keys
Image
I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.
Alicia Keys
Image
As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.
Alicia Keys
Image
I've been able to find a lot of what I've not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It's empowering to find those things.
Alicia Keys
Image
It's karma, baby. And it goes around.
Alicia Keys
Image
I'm very happy with my body.
Alicia Keys
Image
You just can't take a day for granted. We had to work really hard for anything, and so that's been instilled in me. And I don't look at myself as better than anybody else, because in an instant everything can change.
Alicia Keys