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.
Alicia KeysI've always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional.
Alicia KeysI was always amazed the way people would come in looking one way and transform completely to the point where I couldn't recognize their language, their accent, the way they looked, their hair, their face even changed becoming so inside of the character.
Alicia KeysWhen I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together.
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