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
Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.
When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.
Sometimes I feel good, at times I feel used. Loving you darling, makes me so confused.
People don't expect me to be as funny as I am.
I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me.
I was so deeply involved in music, I had already outgrown all the pressure of high school cliques and gossip.
I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything.
I think I grew up really fast; I grew up in this really fast-paced business, and I never understood what it meant to take a break or take time off or recover, and I paid for it.
My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.
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 life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.
I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.
I don't dream - only if I'm uncomfortable or I'm going through something.
I am able to hang with the hardest, the baddest, the worst, and I'm able to hang with the most proper and be at ease. I'm able to hang with any skin colour, any belief. I just fit in everywhere.
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.