Alicia keys biography 2012 elections

Alicia Keys, whose real name is Alicia Augello Cook, was born and raised in Manhattan, New York.

Keys was raised almost exclusively by her mother, who was a woman of Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent.[1] Though there is no information that I can find regarding Keys' religious upbringing, her mother's ethnic heritage certainly leans toward Catholicism.

Keys now appears to be a very spiritual person, though any affiliation with a traditional, mainstream religion is absent.

Alicia keys biography 2012 elections

When asked if she is religious, Keys said:

I would call it spirituality because I think religion gets very sticky. I think it's beautiful to have a belief in something and that's where religion comes in… But for me it's definitely spirituality in the sense of having integrity and certain morals I stand by.[2]

And when Keys was asked to describe her faith and her view of what "God" is, she expressed views similar to pantheism.

She believes all life to be "God," all lov