When I was first learning songs, Id have a favorite song, and Id take the chords and twist them around. Id learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song. – Alicia Keys
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
Ive stepped more into my womanhood, Im a mother now, Im having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend. – Alicia Keys
I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. Thats why I still love to sleep on couches now. – Alicia Keys
In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866