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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.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Musician
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Poet
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Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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