Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook, known by the pseudonym Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records. Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 January 1981
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.
What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.
We are all one. We're not as separate as we oftentimes think.
Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.
Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.
Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.
Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend.
I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be.
I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life.
I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to 'New Kids on the Block.'
I know people who've gone to jail. It don't mean you stop loving them! They deservin' love just as much in there, and maybe they needin' it more.
I'd rather not have anything than be a liar.
Cause I am a Superwoman, Yes I am, Yes she is, Even when I'm a mess, I still put on a vest, With an S on my chest, Oh yes, I'm a Superwoman, ... And all my sisters, Coming together, Say yes I will, Yes I can