» “I’ve learned to expect nothing, but dream of everything I possibly can, then, there is no end, just endless beginning.

» “Never Be Afraid To Fall”

» “Do we care about a whole generation of people being wiped out, orphaning millions of children, or do we care about celebrity drama? If AIDS got half of the attention that the media gives to celebrity dramas, this issue would be well on its way to being solved…”

» “The world waits for more, as she is ready to give more. “I plan to be in this business for many, many years.”

» “Always believe in yourself no matter what anyone else says.”

» “When I’m 31, watch me. When I’m 41 watch me. When I’m 51, oh don’t hurt ‘em too bad cuz you know I will!”

» “I would love to see less focus on the physical,” Keys told Rolling Stone magazine in December.”

» “It’s a very physical business, very skin-driven, very body-driven, and I have big fights about that”

» “I hate the word. All of a sudden every singer who is successful is a diva. I think it’s so fake. I’m not a diva. I am who I am in interviews. It’s not a game. It’s not a joke. It’s not a marketing scheme. I’m probably the most low-maintenance, easygoing person ever. I like to have good energy and I like to call people my friends. And I like to keep it like that”.

» “I don’t know how to be a factory, I don’t know how to churn out records every second. All I know how to do is what moves me, what really moves me to write, what moves me to sing”.