Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook) Quotes

I was so deeply involved in music, I had already outgrown all the pressure of high school cliques and gossip.

Alicia Keys

• Music
• School
• High
• Pressure
• Gossip
• Cliques

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  • School
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