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Alicia Keys
Born:
Alicia Augello Cook,
25 January 1981,
Manhattan, New York,
New York, USA
Raised in Manhattan.
Sign: Aquarius
Education: Professional Performance Arts School in Manhattan, graduated
two years early as valedictorian;
Columbia University
Started playing the piano at age seven.
Favorite album of all time:"Songs In The Key of Life" by Stevie
Wonder
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Born and
raised in Manhattan, the stunning, bi-racial Alicia Keys recognizes
a number of influences including her ultra-supportive mother who told
her "You can quit anything else but you can never give up on your
piano lessons."
At age 16, Alicia’s outstanding grades
allowed her to finish high school early. "I was so deeply involved
in music, I had already outgrown all the pressure of high school cliques
and gossip." Columbia University accepted Alicia Keys and though she
gave it a whirl, the desire to focus on music was the driving force
over all else.
Highly sought-after by record labels
that held good, old-fashioned bidding wars in her honor, Alicia signed
to Arista Records in 1998. In late 1999, Alicia followed Clive Davis
to his new J Records where she continues to chart her arrival to the
music world.
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"I
like a man that has ambition. That pretty much sums it up."
"I'm not scared of being extremely truthful in
my songs," she said. "But when people ask you about them, you have
to leave something private. Everybody can't know everything. It's
like a man. You can't tell him everything."
"-- Where am I? That's what I want to know
most of the time."
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