The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
ALICIA KEYSLove is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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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.
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At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn’t even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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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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How you look is your statement, because it’s a claiming of yourself.
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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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Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.
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Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That’s how strong my love is.
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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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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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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?
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Everybody goes through their life in different ways. I definitely am having my journey. It evolves and changes. At some moments, I feel totally off center and trying to find my way back.
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I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way.
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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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Even if your family isn’t quite there for you, find the people that support you and hang on to those people and try to let go of those that try to take you down.
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Living will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.
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If I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.
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No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
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Falling down ain’t falling down, If you don’t cry when you hit the floor, It’s called the past cause I’m getting past, And I ain’t nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now.
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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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Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.
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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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Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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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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I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.
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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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