Alicia is all keyed up for Dubai | Alicia Keys Fan/title> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> <script language="javascript1.4" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/audio-player.js"></script> <meta name="description" content="Alicia Keys, winner of five Grammy Awards including Song of The Year Fallin, Best R&B Album Songs in a Minor and Best New Artist for her debut album, will be ." /> <style type="text/css" media="screen"> /* Begin Contact Form CSS */ .contactform { position: static; overflow: hidden; width: 95%; } .contactleft { width: 25%; white-space: pre; text-align: right; clear: both; float: left; display: inline; padding: 4px; margin: 5px 0; } .contactright { width: 70%; text-align: left; float: right; display: inline; padding: 4px; margin: 5px 0; } .contacterror { border: 1px solid #ff0000; } .contactsubmit { } /* End Contact Form CSS */ </style>  <style type="text/css">  </style>  </head> <body> <table width="720" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td colspan="3"><img src="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/alicia-keys.jpg" alt="Alicia Keys" width="720" height="330" border="0" usemap="#Map" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="475" valign="top"><table width="475" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="67"><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#f1f1f1"> <table width="475" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="475" height="26" background="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/headlines.jpg" ><span name="KonaFilter"><h1><a href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/alicia-is-all-keyed-up-for-dubai/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Alicia is all keyed up for Dubai"> Alicia is all keyed up for Dubai</a> · <span class="h1">May 31st, 2004</span></h1></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="content"> <table width="97%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td><p>Alicia Keys, winner of five Grammy Awards including Song of The Year Fallin, Best R&B Album Songs in a Minor and Best New Artist for her debut album, will be playing live in Dubai on May 28 at Dubai Media City. The singer is quite excited about her trip and “riding a camel in Dubai” remains on top of her wish list. City Times spoke to the singer in an exclusive interview</p> <p><b>Alicia, it’s your first performance in the Middle East, how do you feel?</b></p> <p>I am very excited about doing my first show in the Middle East. It is still amazing to me that music can travel through so many oceans and lives and bring me to Dubai. It is going to be an amazing show. I can feel it.</p> <p><b>Honestly, is there some degree of apprehension coming to this part of the world?</b> </p> <p>Of course there are concerns on what part of the world we go to, with all the things that are going on in the world.</p> <p>But I want to be able to experience as many sides of the world as I can.</p> <p><b>What images/emotions does Dubai conjure up for you?</b> </p> <p>The images and emotions that Dubai conjures up in my mind are heat, sand, camels, history and hidden secrets of the world. But now I will be able to see with my own eyes and not just with my mind.</p> <p><b>Is there anything you especially want to see/do while you’re here?</b> </p> <p>While I’m there I am definitely going to see the desert and ride a camel.</p> <p><b>You’re going to be in the city for a week rehearsing for your European tour - was that a planned move?</b> </p> <p>Yes, being in the city for a week to also rehearse was definitely planned. It gives me an opportunity to take in new surroundings and let the inspiration soar.</p> <p><b>How do you feel the Dubai crowd will react to you?</b> </p> <p>I know that the Dubai crowd will absolutely love the show. It is all about music and the passion of life that creates it. My show has something for everyone and I plan for everyone to have a ball! That’s a promise!</p> <p><b>You’re going to do some covers - any one’s which stand out?</b> </p> <p>I do like to mix in some of my favourite covers in the show, one of them will definitely be Prince’s song, “How come you don’t call me,” but I can’t give away all of my secrets.</p> <p><b>What do you feel gives your music the popularity that it has, especially in today’s ‘remixed’ environment?</b> </p> <p>I believe that what makes my music acceptable is that no matter where you’re from, where you grew up, or what you have experienced, there are certain things that all people understand: Love, pain, joy, hurt, and the search. These are the things that affect me and provoke me to write, and these are the things that I feel we, as people, understand. I hope that one of the reasons people can relate to my music is because it is honest and truthful. It is who I am.</p> <p><b>You’re coming here with a band of 10. Is that normally the case and if so, are they always the same musicians?</b> </p> <p>Yes, I have played with the same band for years now. We have a chemistry. You will feel it.</p> <p><b>You won 6 Grammy’s for ’songs in a minor’ and ‘the diary of Alicia Keys’ has been a big hit. How easy/difficult is it to ride on the ’success-wave’ of those two previous albums?</b> </p> <p>For me the success wave means that I can wake up every morning and feel the promise of another day. Feel happy and proud of the choices that I have made or feel confident that I have learned from my mistakes.</p> <p>And if I can stay on that wave then to me, that is success.</p> <p><b>How do you compare yourself to similar young musicians such as Norah Jones? Do you feel artists like you and her herald a new awakening in music, i.e. more emphasis on the artist as a ‘true’ musician and less on the artist as industry-driven product?</b></p> <p>Yes, I am proud to think of women like Norah Jones and myself as artists who represent true musicianship, independence, the love of creativity and timelessness.</p> <p> Source: <a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com">http://www.khaleejtimes.com</a></p> <p>Special thanks 2 txga!</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center" class="maintxt"><small> <div class="adsense"><script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div><br /> <div align="center"><span class="content"><strong>Related Posts</strong><br /> <br><a href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/dubai-concert/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Dubai Concert">Dubai Concert</a></br><br><a href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/alicias-column/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Alicia’s column">Alicia’s column</a></br><br><a href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/keys-in-mood-to-write/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Keys In Mood To Write">Keys In Mood To Write</a></br><br><a href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/european-tour-dates/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: European tour dates">European tour dates</a></br><br><a href="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/alicia-writes-travel-column-for-new-york-daily-news/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Alicia Writes Travel Column for New York Daily News">Alicia Writes Travel Column for New York Daily News</a></br></span></div> <br /> You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, </p> </div> </div> <table width="95%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><span class="maintxt">   <h3 id="respond">Leave a Reply</h3> <form action="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" name="commentform" id="commentform"> <p><input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" size="22" tabindex="1" /> <label for="author"><small>Name (required)</small></label></p> <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" size="22" tabindex="2" /> <label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) (required)</small></label></p> <p><input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="" size="22" tabindex="3" /> <label for="url"><small>Website</small></label></p>  <p><textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="50px" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea> </p> <p><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" /> <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="497" /> </p> </form> </span></td> </tr> </table> <span class="maintxt"> <br /> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/bg-bottom.jpg" alt="Bottom Bar" width="475" height="22" /></td> </tr> </table></td> <td width="5"> </td> <td width="232" valign="top"><span name="KonaFilter"><table width="232" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="22" background="http://www.aliciakeysfan.com/navbar.jpg"><h1>Alicia Keys </h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f1f1f1" class="maintxt">Welcome to <strong>Alicia Keys</strong> Fan !<br /> Here you will find all the latest news, pictures, information and all about Alicia. 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