But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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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I’ve always expressed myself best through writing. I’ve gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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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 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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You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
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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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I’m in constant pursuit of growing and evolving.
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I’m not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I’m thick. I like my body.
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Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
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You’ve got to love what’s yours.
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Your life can become the background for the art you create.
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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.
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When I’m on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It’s a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.
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I’m a very caring person.
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I know people who’ve gone to jail. It don’t mean you stop loving them! They deservin’ love just as much in there, and maybe they needin’ it more.
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Prayer keeps me centered.
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There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.
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Quiet moments recharge me.
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My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.
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Living will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.
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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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If you treat me fairly, I’ll give you all my goods.
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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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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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