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Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.

Alicia Keys

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you baby Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you, Yeah
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I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
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Falling down ain't falling down, If you don't cry when you hit the floor, It's called the past cause I'm getting past, And I ain't nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now
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I'm definitely a nerd. I'm a cool-ass nerd, but I am definitely a nerd.
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I feel the presence of a higher power. I believe that what you give is what you get. It's universal law. I believe in the power of prayer and of words. I've learned that when you predict that negative things will happen, they do.
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I believe AIDS is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.
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When you're talented, you're talented.
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If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.
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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.
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Love will come find you Just to remind you Of who you are [...] See that's the thing about love [...] Then life It will embrace you Totally amaze you So you don't give up
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The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.
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I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.
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You just can't take a day for granted. We had to work really hard for anything, and so that's been instilled in me. And I don't look at myself as better than anybody else, because in an instant everything can change.
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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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We're all going to change. Otherwise, it's boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?
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I'm inspired by many of my friends, colleagues, and the extraordinary people I've been fortunate enough to meet along the way.
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Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.
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You can't really compare people. That's one of the biggest lessons I've learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.
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It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.
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And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.
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