Alicia Keys Quotes
I wouldn't mind being in one place for two months or so. It really doesn't sound so bad!
Keys, Alicia. Interview. Billboard, Prometheus Global Media, 2008.
Clairew Smith, a young black, female sports reporter, had been insulted and demeaned when she entered the team clubhouse after the game. The Baseball Commissioner had ruled that female reporter should have access to the team clubhouse after the games just like the male reportsers. But the team managment, none the less threw her out. Most of the players were in favor of the women being allowed in an finally pesuaded the managment to relent. But just after Smith had been ejected Steve Garvey followed her out into the hallway where she was crying. Then he made this statement and he did staey with her until she could regain her composure and write her column for the day. It was this kind of behavior that made Garvey a favorite amongst everyone and especially women.
Alicia Augello Cook, known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter. A classically-trained pianist, Keys began composing songs by age 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Columbia Records. After disputes with the label, she signed with Arista Records and later released her debut album, Songs in A Minor, with J Records in 2001. The album was critically and commercially successful, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Fallin'" and selling over 12 million copies worldwide. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002.
