As we recently reported, Alicia Keys along with four other famous females joined their forces to create the movie “Five” that tells a story of women with breast cancer. The new issue of Glamour Magazine, which hits the newsstands in October, will have Alicia Keys on the cover page alongside Demi Moore and Jennifer Aniston. Ladies gave the short interviews mainly talking about their project and inspirations. Peep the excerpts from Alicia Keys interview below:
On her Five film “Lili”:
“After I read the scripts, I felt like this was something important, and I wanted to be a part of it. I chose Lili because she’s close to my age and I understood the family dynamic. I had an immediate idea of what I could bring to it.”
On her organization Keep A Child Alive:
“It’s my organization that I founded with a brilliant woman, Leigh Blake. I was asked to go to Africa for an AIDS-awareness trip when I was about 20 or 21, and the thing that struck me the most was that here we have teenagers going through teenage things, like “Is that boy going to like me?” But there it was “Is that boy going to like me now that he knows my mother died of AIDS? Is he going to think I have AIDS too?” I remember thinking, This is my generation. I can’t just pretend I didn’t experience this.”
On a relationship with her husband:
“Yes. It’s beautiful because rarely, I think, do you find a relationship where you can experience things equally. In fact, I think that’s my favorite word and the most important word when it comes to relationships: equality. And that’s what we’ve been able to find. We encourage each other equally. We’re excited for each other.”
On TV show “American Idol”:
“I used to watch American Idol a little bit. My grandmother sucked me into it, and I was like, “Why am I watching this, Nana?” Initially, I felt like it was showing people that to be an artist you’re just supposed to get on TV. But as time passed, and the industry changed, I started thinking of it as an outlet for people who otherwise wouldn’t have any opportunity to be heard. Now I think it’s a good thing. When you’re talented, you’re talented.”
On her son:
“My son, Egypt, makes me super giddy, especially when he laughs. His laugh makes me laugh like a maniac! He’s going to be a man in this world. It’s a beautiful blessing that I get to help raise a man. And I want to show him as much as possible.”
On how the trip to Egypt inspired her:
“It was a time of transition. There were certain people [I was working with] who weren’t right. I had friends who weren’t right anymore. I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.”
You can read the full interview Here.
