Your life can become the background for the art you create.
ALICIA KEYSThe smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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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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What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.
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Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.
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I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It’s universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I’ve learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.
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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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You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
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If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.
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I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.
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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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I don’t have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don’t have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.
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I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
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Simplicity makes me happy.
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I’m a very caring person.
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You’ve got to love what’s yours.
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No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
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