I think following my instinct has proven to lead me in the right direction, and it’s hard to hear sometimes, because it’s a noisy world and there’s a lot of people talking to you.
ALICIA KEYSYour life can become the background for the art you create.
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Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
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From the beginning, I’ve had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say – and I’ve learnt that they’re meaningless, and they’re mostly inaccurate. So I don’t worry about it, because there’s nothin’ for me to deal with.
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I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you’d better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that’s going to shape them. They are going to become you.
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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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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.
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There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.
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The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
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I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I’m able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I’m able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.
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I don’t worry cause, everything’s gonna be alright.
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring.
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Love me like you’ll never see me again.
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The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.
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I’d rather not have anything than be a liar.
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You can’t really compare people. That’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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