ALICIA KEYS SPEAKS WITH PASSION IN INTERVIEW WITH GIANT MAGAZINE

PASSION MAGAZINE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER ISSUE
GIANT MAGAZINE DECEMBER/JANUARY 2008 ISSUE

ON HER NEW ALBUM

�It�s still me,� says Keys over dinner. �It�s more of an evolution than a departure. I came into this game at nineteen, at the most transitional phase of a young woman�s life.�

ON THE TABLOIDS:

�I guess the way I roll is really low-key,� she says with a shrug and then concedes, �I guess it is pretty amazing. I was looking at a magazine earlier and thinking, �How is it that two people are on a boat in the middle of the ocean and there�s a picture of them there?� Like, seriously, how does somebody know when you�re gonna be on a boat in the middle of the ocean? That�s crazy!�

ON DEPRESSION:

�There were definitely things going on with me that weren�t right,� she admits. �I was feeling so sad all the time, and I couldn�t shake it. I couldn�t sleep. Musically, I would try to create, and I�d be feeling so anxious and judgmental. The things I was hearing in my head�the chord changes, the vocals and the lyrics�were just weird. I was trippin�. I guess you could say I was losing it��

ON WHY SHE IS SECRETIVE

�My mom wears her emotions on her sleeve. She can�t hide how she feels,� Keys says. �That�s why I�m so reserved �cause she�s so external.�

ON HER LOVE LIFE:

�I definitely found my partner,� she says. �I know he is somebody who will always be special to me and that we�re always going to be in each other�s lives.�

INTERVIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER/JANUARY 2008 ISSUE