Alicia Keys ha admitido que le resultó difícil lidiar con la fama cuando al principio encontró el éxito.
La cantante, de 29 años, también reveló cómo su apretada agenda significaba que dormía poco y encontraba difícil controlar su temperamento.
En declaraciones al News of the World, dijo: "Había pasado de ser esa chica de Harlem, a volar por todo el mundo en primera clase y a estar trabajando,trabajando, trabajando. Suena como un sueño y, lo es en muchos sentidos, pero yo llegué a un punto donde no podía hacer frente. "
Ella reveló que ella se convirtió en "este horrible personaje polemico, infeliz. Montaba en cólera y no podía dormir. Estaba cansada, pero todo el tiempo la gente a mi alrededor estaban hablando de la próxima fecha en el diario, el siguiente canción, la siguiente actuación. Mi diario no tenía espacio en él durante meses.
"Tenía ganas de gritar. Yo sospechaba de tanta gente a mi alrededor. Sabía que la gente se aprovechaba de mí y sentí como si tuviera en todo el mundo, pero nadie cerca de mí al que realmente le importase.No tenía una vida equilibrada. "
Keys añadió que fue sólo después de la muerte de su abuela, cuando decidió cambiar la situación: "Mi abuela era una muy espiritual, una persona de corazón abierto. Estábamos tan cerca y, de hecho, me parezco a ella y actuar como ella. Perdiéndola me hizo darme cuenta lo mucho que había estado perdiendo.
"Nadie le advierte de lo difícil que es hacerse a la fama. Las cosas pasan, te encuentras que te conviertes en una persona que no reconoces y luego tienes que volver a quién eras.
"He cambiado la gente a mi alrededor y cambió la manera en que yo trabajaba. Yo había tenido esta gran carrera, pero no tenía vida, tenía que recuperar mi vida. Aprendí a meditar y me dije a todos que necesitaba un descanso cada pocas semanas en mi diario. Está funcionando. La vida no se trata sólo de conseguir lo que quieres y tener una gran carrera, es tener lo que necesitas".
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Alicia Keys has admitted that she found it difficult to cope with fame when she first found success.
The singer, 29, also revealed how her busy schedule meant that she had little sleep and found it difficult to control her temper.
Speaking to the News of the World, she said: "I'd gone from being this kid from Harlem to flying round the world first class and working, working, working. It sounds like a dream and in many ways it was, but I got to a point where I couldn't cope."
She revealed that she turned into "this horrible, argumentative, unhappy person. I'd fly into rages and I couldn't sleep. I was tired but all the time people around me were talking about the next date in the diary, the next song, the next performance. My diary had no space in it for months on end.
"I wanted to scream. I was suspicious of so many people around me. I knew people were taking advantage of me and I felt as though I had all these fans all around the world but no one close to me who really cared. I had no balance in my life."
Keys added that it was only after her grandmother's death that she addressed the issues: "My grandmother was a very spiritual, open-hearted person. We were so close and in fact I look like her and act like her. Losing her made me realise just how much I'd been losing it.
"No-one warns you how hard it is to adjust to fame. Things happen, you find yourself becoming a person you don't recognise and then you have to get back to who you were.
"I changed the people around me and changed the way I worked. I'd had this great career but I had no life, I needed to get my life back. I learnt to meditate and I told everyone I needed time off every few weeks in my diary. It's working. Life isn't just about getting what you want and having a great career, it's having what you need."
The singer, 29, also revealed how her busy schedule meant that she had little sleep and found it difficult to control her temper.
Speaking to the News of the World, she said: "I'd gone from being this kid from Harlem to flying round the world first class and working, working, working. It sounds like a dream and in many ways it was, but I got to a point where I couldn't cope."
She revealed that she turned into "this horrible, argumentative, unhappy person. I'd fly into rages and I couldn't sleep. I was tired but all the time people around me were talking about the next date in the diary, the next song, the next performance. My diary had no space in it for months on end.
"I wanted to scream. I was suspicious of so many people around me. I knew people were taking advantage of me and I felt as though I had all these fans all around the world but no one close to me who really cared. I had no balance in my life."
Keys added that it was only after her grandmother's death that she addressed the issues: "My grandmother was a very spiritual, open-hearted person. We were so close and in fact I look like her and act like her. Losing her made me realise just how much I'd been losing it.
"No-one warns you how hard it is to adjust to fame. Things happen, you find yourself becoming a person you don't recognise and then you have to get back to who you were.
"I changed the people around me and changed the way I worked. I'd had this great career but I had no life, I needed to get my life back. I learnt to meditate and I told everyone I needed time off every few weeks in my diary. It's working. Life isn't just about getting what you want and having a great career, it's having what you need."
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