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title: "7 Grew Quotes By Alicia Keys"
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> [I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-grew-up-in-a-pretty-tough-neighborhood/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/alicia-keys-1094_grew_i-grew-up-in-a-pretty-tough-neighborhood_996013.jpg)

> [I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-just-wanted-to-be-who-i-was-which-was-like-so-many-other-girls-i/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/alicia-keys-1094_beautiful_i-just-wanted-to-be-who-i-was-which-was_1298958.jpg)

> [I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-grew-up-in-a-pretty-tough-neighborhood-i-grew-up-around-drugs/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/alicia-keys-1094_alcohol_i-grew-up-in-a-pretty-tough-neighborhood_1598307.jpg)

> [I think I grew up really fast; I grew up in this really fast-paced business, and I never understood what it meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-think-i-grew-up-really-fast-i-grew-up-in-this-really-fast-paced/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/alicia-keys-1094_break_i-think-i-grew-up-really-fast-i-grew-up_1910033.jpg)

> [I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-grew-up-around-the-theatre-my-mother-is-an-actress-i-would-fall/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

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> [I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-grew-up-in-the-theater-my-mother-is-an-actress-i-was-always-around/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/alicia-keys-1094_acting_i-grew-up-in-the-theater-my-mother-is-an_3211952.jpg)

> [I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-grew-up-in-the-middle-of-everything-i-walked-the-streets-alone-i/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/alicia-keys-1094_alone_i-grew-up-in-the-middle-of-everything-i_3215709.jpg)

## Other authors on Grew

## More by Alicia Keys

> [I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-want-to-continue-to-produce-film-television-and-theater-and-to-make/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [I like to incorporate classical songs that people know and throw a beat and some guitars on it to make it real crazy. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-like-to-incorporate-classical-songs-that-people-know-and-throw-a/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-really-like-to-live-my-life-in-a-low-key-fashion/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/there-s-too-much-darkness-in-the-world-everywhere-you-turn-someone-is/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-ve-seen-so-many-lives-turn-around-from-the-impossible-i-have-come/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-find-myself-to-be-truly-primal-and-passionate-everything-i-do-comes/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-ve-stepped-more-into-my-business-and-really-taken-control-for-how-i/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/there-s-something-so-powerful-about-being-my-own-gorgeous-beautiful/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/hand-me-the-world-on-a-silver-platter-and-what-good-would-it-be/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [I'm definitely a nerd. I'm a cool-ass nerd, but I am definitely a nerd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-m-definitely-a-nerd-i-m-a-cool-ass-nerd-but-i-am-definitely-a-nerd/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/i-ve-learned-that-while-i-d-be-a-fool-not-to-stay-open-to-the-advice/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [He broke my heart, and now it's raining, just to rub it in...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/he-broke-my-heart-and-now-it-s-raining-just-to-rub-it-in/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/my-mom-always-said-don-t-date-a-guy-who-thinks-he-s-prettier-than-you/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [All of us are different. That's what makes us interesting and special. I don't want to be anything like another person. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/all-of-us-are-different-that-s-what-makes-us-interesting-and-special/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alicia-keys/business-can-change-you-and-chew-you-up-and-spit-you-out-and-be-rid/)

[Alicia Keys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alicia-keys/)

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