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"Alicia Keys has admitted that struggling for money as a young person has made her much more cautious with her current fortune.  Appearing on The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, the &amp;#039;Fallin&amp;#039;&amp;#039; singer insisted that being financially educated is important for women in particular, as they are not often taught basic money tips in school.  &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s never been a time, until maybe college if you&amp;#039;re on a more financial path - not even in high school, junior high school or elementary - where you talk about money or finances or even how to balance a cheque book. Who teaches you how to balance a cheque book?&amp;quot; Keys explained.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s actually something that&amp;#039;s not encouraged in our culture, to be intelligent about your finances and knowledgeable about it. At the same time, we&amp;#039;re constantly shown and have beaten into our heads what we think we want to get, which is usually way out of our means. So it&amp;#039;s a twisted world we live in and then have to navigate.&amp;quot; Keys went on to reveal that she always attempted to make wise decisions in regards to her income, saying: &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t say anyone taught me how to do these things - I think trial and error taught me the most. &amp;quot;But one thing kept me kind of balanced, which was knowing what it&amp;#039;s like to have nothing and be just struggling to try and pull this together with that or &amp;#039;Rob Peter to pay Paul&amp;#039;, as my mother used to say...  &amp;quot;It always made me feel like I wanted to be really cautious with my money when I started to receive it. I didn&amp;#039;t abuse it, just throw it out and spend it, spend it. I always really wanted to save. It&amp;#039;s kind of this constant rainy day thought that I&amp;#039;ve had in the back of my mind.&amp;quot;  The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet airs Thursdays at 11pm on Lifetime.  &amp;gt; &amp;#039;The Voice&amp;#039; winner Jermaine Paul: &amp;#039;Alicia Keys called me on stage&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Alicia Keys&amp;#039;s new album is &amp;quot;super deep&amp;quot;, says Swizz Beatz Watch Alicia Keys discuss her finances on The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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