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.
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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Living will always be a struggle looking for someone to love you.
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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.
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It’s when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.
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You’ve got to love what’s yours.
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Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.
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I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.
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The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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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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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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I think there’s an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can’t be excited when you’re not doing something new.
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Your life can become the background for the art you create.
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Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly
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I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
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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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