The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
ALICIA KEYSThe most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
ALICIA KEYSWe 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.
ALICIA KEYSI 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.
ALICIA KEYSI feel more like I’m a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.
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 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 KEYSEverybody 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.
ALICIA KEYSI think there’s an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can’t be excited when you’re not doing something new.
ALICIA KEYSIt’s karma, baby. And it goes around.
ALICIA KEYSI’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.
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 KEYSMaturity and experience are part of my liberation.
ALICIA KEYSYou could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn’t mean much without family.
ALICIA KEYSAt 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.
ALICIA KEYSThe 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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