Essence cover

Keys appears on the cover of Essence magazine to discuss her work-life balance and Hurricane Sandy.

It’s okay if I can’t do every single thing. I finally understand that it doesn’t make me a lesser artist or human being.

On being unprepared for Hurricane Sandy:

After the third or fourth tuna fish sandwich, and after we learned we’d be without power for a week, I called my mother, who lives Uptown. She was okay and hadn’t lost any power, so we ended up going to her house. We were pretty lucky.