RELATED: Oprah Winfrey And Alicia Keys Chat About Life Lessons “He said, ‘Why don’t you come to Paisley Park and play it for me?’” He said to keep that up,” Keys continued. “I start talking to him, and he was super friendly and encouraging, saying he heard what I’d been working on and that he knows I’m writing and producing my stuff. Keys had heard stories of Prince turning down covers “time and time again… so that’s what I was up against.” “That was not a normal occurrence - even today if he were still alive, and I was calling him, I would still feel nervous about calling him.” “I hadn’t spoken to people that I adored like him ever before that phone call,” she said via Rolling Stone. RELATED: Alicia Keys Discusses Giving Out Her Number On Twitter Keys, who was 18 or 19 at the time, was advised to phone Prince.
The Grammy darling revealed the length she went through to clear the cover for her debut studio album Songs in A Minor. Keys recently caught up with Malcolm Gladwell’s “Broken Record” podcast. Prince witnessed Alicia Keys cover his song “How Come You Don’t Call Me” before just about anyone else.
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