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."

"I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life."

"When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song."

"I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now."

"My mom is definitely my rock."

"My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'"