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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
Art Collector
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Poet
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Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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Tough
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The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside. It reminds me to live in the moment.
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What acting does bring that music doesn't bring for me is the opportunity is the opportunity to be completely different in every way from whom you normally are, the person that you are when you wake up in the morning is who you are in your life. But to take that and have the opportunity to be the complete opposite of that, is the excitement of it.
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I think there's an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can't be excited when you're not doing something new.
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Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.
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Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.
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I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.
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I think it's the ego in us that screws us up.
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Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.
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I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way.
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You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you.
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I realize that I want something more. Success is great, but then you also wake up in your hotel room at four in the morning and you're like, wouldn't it be nice to have someone here with me.
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Soul music is timeless.
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If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.
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I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone that was what I did.
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I play Beethoven and Bach. At the same time, Biggie is my dog.
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Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say about it is that sometimes you have to see that kind of stuff so as to have a more balanced view about why it's so bad.
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I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I'm able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I'm able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.
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