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I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.
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I wanted my first film to be something where I was surrounded by an amazing cast. I wanted to do something that was completely unexpected, totally out of the box, something that would blow people's minds, that the last thing on the planet earth they would ever think I would do would be it.
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It's a beautiful blessing that I get to help raise a man. And I want to show him as much as possible.
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Your life can become the background for the art you create.
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You could have all the riches in the world, but it doesn't mean much without family.
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But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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When you're talented, you're talented.
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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.
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If I didn't love it, I would not record it.
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And Im happy that Im not super skinny.
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I'm the cofounder of Keep a Child Alive. We provide medicine for families affected by HIV and AIDS in places like Africa and India.
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