One of my favourite artists and singers would have to be Alicia Keys. I love listening to her music with my headphones in particular. To me her music moves me, her talent is, of course, undeniable, but to me what makes her one of the most important artists of our time, is her ability to truly connect to others through her voice; both through her lyrics, interviews and books. Her message is always inspiring and she uses her superpower “the voice” to do good. This beautiful piece, “A Beautiful Noise” is incredibly soulful. This duet is gorgeous because of the joy that is spilling out of them. Being able to speak up and advocate for ourselves in a responsible way (without yelling or judgement of others) is a beautiful thing.
Music is our universal language and it can teach us many things about ourselves because it gets us out of our heads and into our hearts where compassion, empathy and understanding lives. It is also where we find our grit and for those that love music and do it because they truly love it, keep going. One of the best quotations from Alicia Keys is… “I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.” Alicia Keys
If you are questioning whether you are enough or whether you should keep making music; it starts with you… Believe in yourself, keep going.