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Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: 'who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing?' To feel fulfilment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.

From Alicia Keys

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

From Alicia Keys

I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.

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I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

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It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.

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A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about that I feel don't get the opportunity to be shown. Sometimes things become very stereotypical and one-sided, and I feel like it's such a colorful world.

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I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

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I fell in love with the piano. I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

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I 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.

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I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

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