From Time Magazine. July 30, 2001 issue. Page 63. People section.

"Will Prince Call Her Anymore?

What juggernaut could possibly have kept P Diddy's The Saga Continues out of Billboard's top album slot this week? The answer is Alicia Keys, 20, whose Songs in A Minor is the musical surprise of the summer. Keyes, a classically trained pianist, describes her sound as "Beethoven meets Wu-Tang, with a lot of soul." Besides reaching record buyers, she also grabbed Prince's attention with a cover of his B-side chesnut How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? "He invited me down to perform at this festival he just finished putting on in Minneapolis," says Keys. "Before she performed, he said,'I just want to tell you I love your rendition.' " Then she went and ruined the moment. "I have a little bit of a bad mouth, and I was onstage and I improvised this line: [singing] 'But I'm not trying to hear that s***.' I didn't know that in Prince's complex, you're not allowed to curse. He was like, 'You have a terrible mouth.' "