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I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Musician
Pianist
Poet
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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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