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The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.

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