Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

Alicia Keys

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• I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

  

  Alicia Keys
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Irish