I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you’d better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that’s going to shape them. They are going to become you.
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.
More Alicia Keys Quotes
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My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.
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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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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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Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.
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Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it’s really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.
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I don’t dream – only if I’m uncomfortable or I’m going through something.
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Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.
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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’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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A 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.
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Wait, I’m deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.
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Living will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.
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Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
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