I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.
ALICIA KEYSI always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I’m discovering who I am.
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My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
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Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned…another lesson learned.
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There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.
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It’s the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.
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No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?
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Everybody goes through their life in different ways. I definitely am having my journey. It evolves and changes. At some moments, I feel totally off center and trying to find my way back.
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Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly.
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How you look is your statement, because it’s a claiming of yourself.
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Quiet moments recharge me.
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You’ve got to love what’s yours.
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What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.
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All women are NATURALLY, bad ass!
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Everything you want to be, you already are. You’re simply on the path to discovering it.
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Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That’s why it’s so important to know who you are and stand up for something.
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