Alicia Keys Quotes

I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.

I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter; I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning.

All he wants to do is practice and that's all he does, all day long. That's what it takes if you want to change the face of music. You've gotta be committed to it.

I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.

I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's not a joke to me.

Classical music is always a really great way for me to get my chops to where I want them to be.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

If it takes me 10 years to be the musician I want to be, great.

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

I don't think I'm the most talented musician or the best singer, but I work really, really hard.

I made music a priority every single day.

The key to hitting is just plain working at it. Work, that's the real secret.

Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.

Super-successf ul people aren’t the most gifted people in their fields. They just work, study and practice more than the competition.

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found a routine and hard work, and it helped me progress a lot faster.

Practicing is not normally fun. Sometimes people say they're practicing, but they're really just enjoying themselves and the instrument. That's not real practice.

Singing didn't really come naturally to me, I don't think. I had to really work at it. I just kept singing. I never was really worried about it, though, because I was writing songs, and that was the most important thing to me.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.