Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys

My parents weren't married. It wasn't like my dad up and left. I maintained a steady relationship with my grandparents. My dad's mother is my nana, and I'm closer to her than almost anybody in this world.

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Alicia Keys

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.

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Alicia Keys

I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.

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Alicia Keys

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

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Alicia Keys

Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.

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Alicia Keys

I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.