Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
ALICIA KEYSThe desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.
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Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love it’s: Wow, life is good.
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I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.
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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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You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
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I’m committed to evolving and growing and sitting at the head of my own table with no fears or limitations. But I’ve also learned to be more open now and more spontaneous in life.
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I’m very happy with my body.
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Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.
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We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there’s nothing we can do.
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Why give up before we try?
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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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But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.
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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 really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
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