Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.
ALICIA KEYSCreate the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.
ALICIA KEYSFrom 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 KEYSLove is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
ALICIA KEYSEarly 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.
ALICIA KEYSYou’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
ALICIA KEYSPrayer keeps me centered.
ALICIA KEYSHand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
ALICIA KEYSI don’t dream – only if I’m uncomfortable or I’m going through something.
ALICIA KEYSYou have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it’s not going to drive you.
ALICIA KEYSQuiet moments recharge me.
ALICIA KEYSI 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.
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 KEYSYour life can become the background for the art you create.
ALICIA KEYSMoments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.
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 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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