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Alicia Keys

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 KEYS

Drugs Growth Myself Tough Young
From 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 KEYS

Accurate Beginning Deal Learning Myself People
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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Career Experience Learning Myself Protection Thinking
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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Family People Quite Support Yourself
I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.
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Believe Choice Feeling Guilty Myself See Wrong
The 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.
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Death Desire Experience Myself Play
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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Commitment Growth Head Life Myself
The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.
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Close Feeling Strong Yourself
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.
ALICIA KEYS

Hard Myself Proper Skin Worst
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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Conflict Help People Potential Poverty Thinking
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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Different Journey Life Moments Myself
If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.
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Different Each Other Empathy Learning Time
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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Evidence Follow People Thinking Yourself
You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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Better Ready Strong Yourself
But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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Death Love Myself Play
There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.
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Beautiful Myself Powerful Unique

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