When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.
Alicia KeysI'm inspired by many of my friends, colleagues, and the extraordinary people I've been fortunate enough to meet along the way.
Alicia KeysMusicians used to be way more instrumental just in providing a soundtrack to what's going on in the world. And it's also important to state what we think. There's like this fear for their career, if they have anything intelligent to say about politics. And that's really messed up.
Alicia KeysThe smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
Alicia KeysI wanted my first film to be something where I was surrounded by an amazing cast. I wanted to do something that was completely unexpected, totally out of the box, something that would blow people's minds, that the last thing on the planet earth they would ever think I would do would be it.
Alicia Keys