Alicia Keys has learned to embrace the many sides of herself , PEOPLE reports

Alicia Keys learns to embrace the many sides of herself

"I think at one time I was so bent on being just one way that I didn't allow myself to explore the many ways I can be or express myself," Keys, 28, tells the June issue of Seventeen magazine. "I've learned to embrace the many sides of myself. And there are so many sides to who I am."

"You don't want to disappoint anyone. But at some point you have to say, 'Enough! I can't be perfect," Keys says. Adding, on the topic of relationships. "I have definitely been over-accommodating."

"I have definitely been over-accommodating," she says of being in a relationship. "But at some point you have to say, Enough! I can't be perfect."
"I'm just so much more open to trying new things. And it feels good."