Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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I'm trying to find the balance and do, like, 'Spanglish' music or some songs in Spanish and others in English or do a translation.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
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Most experiences are either sensual or intellectual. Chamber music, played by a small group so the listener can follow what each player is doing, is both.
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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Every kid has a laptop; everyone can make music, so in order to stand out, I think it's important to find that sonic identity, I think my sonic identity - and mine is finding these weird sounds that may not necessarily sound that musical, and make them sound musical.
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I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.
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Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.
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I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.
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When you're in other time zones in other places, you don't get quite as much attention; you don't get quite as much visibility for the game, and you give up a lot to do it.
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There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
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Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.
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I don't even listen to music when I'm off tour.
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What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by.
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There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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Josie Maran anything! Love her products, especially the argan sun block moisturizer, and RMS beauty anything, always. Her eye polish colors are insane. I also always keep an Eau So Sexy rollerball by Victoria's Secret in my bag.
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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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My aunt in Texas, when she did the hazing things, they had girls swallow oysters. They'd wrap an oyster in dental floss, swallow them, and then pull them back up.
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My parents were in the local church choir, and I used to go along and sing and play the organ at all the weddings and christenings.
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When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.
