Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.
ALICIA KEYSBe driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.
ALICIA KEYSWhat breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.
ALICIA KEYSFrom 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.
ALICIA KEYSIt’s when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.
ALICIA KEYSI 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.
ALICIA KEYSMoments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.
ALICIA KEYSMy life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.
ALICIA KEYSBusiness 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.
ALICIA KEYSI really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
ALICIA KEYSA Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It’s a very moody key, and also ‘A’ is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.
ALICIA KEYSI’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.
ALICIA KEYSYes 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.
ALICIA KEYSFear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it’s really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.
ALICIA KEYSMy music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
ALICIA KEYSLiving will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.
ALICIA KEYSEarly 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.
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