Prince witnessed Alicia Keys cover his song “How Come You Don’t Call Me” before just about anyone else. Keys recently caught up with Malcolm Gladwell’s “Broken Record” podcast.
The Grammy darling revealed the length she went through to clear the cover for her debut studio album Songs in A Minor. Keys, who was 18 or 19 at the time, was advised to phone Prince.
RELATED: Alicia Keys Discusses Giving Out Her Number On Twitter “I hadn’t spoken to people that I adored like him ever before that phone call,” she said via Rolling Stone. “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.” Keys had heard stories of Prince turning down covers “time and time again…
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