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Music is funny. I shouldn't even ever talk about music, because you can have all the ideas in your head, and it never goes exactly the way that you think it's gonna go.

Alicia Keys

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
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Harlem
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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