Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

Alicia Keys

• Music
• Men
• Business
• Game
• Woman
• Inadequate

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  Alicia Keys
  • Music
  • Men
  • Business