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A lot of people, they've been saying to me, oh don't get married. It ruins everything. And I'm like, damn.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
Art Collector
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Poet
Presenter
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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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Everything
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People
Ruins
Damn

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