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.
Alicia Keys

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.
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My mom is definitely my rock.
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My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.
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Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.
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Once people see this 'Unplugged,' I just want them to feel the spontaneity, to feel passionate... I want you to see another side of me, that's free, and feel where my head is, where whatever happens, happens. I want you to feel inspired.
Alicia Keys

Simplicity makes me happy.
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Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.
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Soul music is timeless.
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Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.
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The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.
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When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.
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