Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'
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We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland.
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It doesn't make me happy to go back and talk about how great high school was.
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When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song.
