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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 fulfillment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.
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Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.
Alicia Keys
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So we come together before you on this day, March 30th, 2015, with one voice in unity in the hopes that today will be another one of those moments in time, a moment that will forever change the course of music history.
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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've learned that one of my greatest secrets is scheduling downtime into a busy schedule. This gives me the time to have quality moments with my husband and son, who both recharge my spirit in ways I never imagined.
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Listening to great music and art inspires me and recharges me.
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I was so deeply involved in music, I had already outgrown all the pressure of high school cliques and gossip.
Alicia Keys
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I've met some serious aliens in my life, for sure. I'm sure you've seen a UFO. Haven't all of us seen something flying in the sky, and it's at some random time of night that doesn't make sense, and it's not the shape of a plane? I don't know if I'd go with an alien to space. I would have to feel the alien's vibe. I'm a vibe person.
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I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.
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Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.
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My son makes me super giddy, especially when he laughs. His laugh makes me laugh like a maniac!
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I wouldn't mind being in one place for two months or so. It really doesn't sound so bad!
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When I was a kid I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.
Alicia Keys
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Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.
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You're stronger, and you're better, and you're ready for whatever.
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You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next.
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A lot of people, they've been saying to me, oh don't get married. It ruins everything. And I'm like, damn.
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When I perform in front of large audiences, I'm much more comfortable, because I've already performed in front of tiny audiences - which is much harder, honestly. The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.
Alicia Keys
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I've met many young women who are HIV positive and courageously fighting the disease. Their determination to live a full life and see their children live in a better world is deeply inspiring to me.
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I don't know if we tell women great news about themselves enough. You'd be surprised how often a young woman doesn't hear positive things about herself - not in her home, not at school. It's hard to create a beautiful image for yourself when you've never seen it or heard it.
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Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.
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I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.
Alicia Keys