Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes
When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.
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Fred Armisen
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On the evenings when my parents held parties, the drawing-room mirrors multiplied to infinity the scintillations of a crystal chandelier. Mama would take her seat at the grand piano to accompany a lady dressed in a cloud of tulle who played the violin and a cousin who performed on a cello. I would crack between my teeth the candied shell of an artificial fruit, and a burst of light would illuminate my palate with a taste of blackcurrant or pineapple: all the colours, all the lights were mine, the gauzy scarves, the diamonds, the laces; I held the whole party in my mouth.
Simone de Beauvoir
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When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.
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