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My first song was 'So Sick,' which was my first number one as an artist, and I turned the mic around to the crowd, and they sang the whole song. Every lyric. That was my first experience with the power of music.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Sick
Crowd
Lyric
Sang
Mic
Turned
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That has been everybody's challenge, above the dancing, the singing, the lines: getting into who these characters would be in 2015. Today's Tin Man is heartfelt, but he wouldn't be soft. Today's Dorothy would be sassy.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Dancing
Heartfelt
Lines
Sassy
Singing
Tin
Today
Above
Challenge
Characters
Dorothy
Getting
Soft
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The name of the album is 'Non-Fiction'. And, I'm calling it that because the name of every song on this album is derived from a true story. Now, some of the stories are mine. Some of the stories belong to some of my fans.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Fans
Non Fiction
True Story
Album
Belong
Derived
Mine
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I've spoken before on how the art of storytelling has been lost a bit. I definitely feel 'Empire' is helping to reprogram us back to that place where we pay attention and invest emotionally in the records and the artists.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Attention
Helping
Lost
Pay
Pay Attention
Records
Artists
Invest
Definitely
Emotionally
Spoken
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I named my album Year of the Gentleman. Just looking at how the essence of what it is to be a gentleman is very much lacking nowadays. Someone said to me that chivalry is dead, and I hated to have to agree, but it's true.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Essence
Gentleman
Years
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I always refer back to the days of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Rat Pack. Back when everyone wore a suit because that's what it was to be an entertainer. You were stylish and you were fly, and it was an effortless fly.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Back When
Rats
Suits
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There's no recreating what Michael Jackson and Diana Ross did in 'The Wiz'. We're trying to figure out who these characters are in 2015. How would these times change their motives, change the things they would say and do?
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Diana
Diana Ross
Michael
Times
Figure
Motives
Jackson
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Everybody wants me to be the (guy) who's (sleeping with) every celebrity woman in the industry. Everybody wants me to be this (guy) in the club, popping 17 bottles just because. Everybody wants me to be Diddy, and that's not me.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Guy
Sleep
Want
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I know everyone says attention spans are shorter now, and if you can't get them in the first 20 seconds, you lost them. But I honestly believe if you give someone something worth slowing down to really pay attention to, they will.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Honestly
Pay Attention
Seconds
Slowing
Attention Spans
Spans
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A lot of time we don't get into politics because we don't believe anything you're saying and we can't understand what you're saying because we ask you question and you tap dance around the issue so much that we forget what we asked.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Forget
Issues
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I am blessed to be doing what I do. So if I have to be at a photo shoot, do an interview, or make a TV appearance, I am not going to sit around whining and complaining about how I don't want to get up early or I don't feel like talking.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Appearance
Blessed
Complaining
Talking
Whining
Feel
Tv
Around
I Am Feel Doing
Doing
Photo
Early
Shoot
Interview
Photo Shoot
Sit
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I never really created a difference between Shaffer Smith, my actual name, and Ne-Yo. They are kind of one in the same. It's been a bit of a gift and a curse. As far as Shaffer Smith is concerned, I've never viewed myself as a celebrity.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Concerned
Curse
Actual
As Far As
Bit
Between
Celebrity
Created
Difference
Far
Smith
Viewed
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One of the very few things that I actually read about myself on blogs that got to me was people saying, 'Ne-Yo doesn't do R&B music anymore.' Just because I stepped off the porch to explore doesn't mean I don't live in that house anymore.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Blogs
Porch
Music Myself Me
Explore
Few Things
Stepped
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I know the music industry is based on a lot of smoke and mirrors in a lot of cases, such as making things look like one thing versus what it actually is. I feel like I've been here long enough that I've surpassed the need for any of that.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Cases
Industry
Mirrors
Music Industry
One Thing
Smoke
Smoke And Mirrors
Versus
Music Enough Long
Based
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Honestly, when I first heard that there were rumors out there about me being gay, I thought, 'Wow, someone must really hate me.' There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I just couldn't understand why someone would make up lies like that.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Hate
Heard
Honestly
Wow
Lies
Make Up
Rumors
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Michael Jackson will live forever through the thing that he put all of his life energy into: his music. I will do my part to keep the melody alive, to keep the energy forever changing form, but never ever dying!! Long live Michael Jackson.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Dying
Forever
Long
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I think people are getting into these 'Empire' songs because of the emotional investment they have in the characters. You kind of feel like you know the songs already because you just watched them play out in front of you with these characters.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Investment
People Feel Know
Empire
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I would love to be able to say that due to my experience in the music industry, when it comes to the songs, I'm killing it over anybody else, but that is not the case. Everybody in this thing is ridiculously talented to where I don't feel special.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Music Industry
Love Experience Music
Anybody Else
Case
Due
Talented
Ridiculously
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I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Mom
Comfortable
Listening
My Own
Singing
Tone
Wonder
Me Singing Way
Mom Me Singing
Mom Me Way
Michael
Stevie
Helped
Instrument
Jackson
Stevie Wonder
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'Madden' is the closest thing to actually being on the field yourself. It's so ridiculously realistic. Before I play it, I honestly didn't understand. 'What's all the hype? It's a video game'. Then I sat down and played it, and you feel like you're on the field.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Closest
Honestly
Hype
Realistic
Sat
Video
Played
Closest Thing
Ridiculously
Video Game
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Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Men
Eye
Guitar
Sitting
Stage
Ultimate
Palm
Dude
Eyes
Hold
Hand
Himself
Just Be
Performer
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A man will talk all day about the woman he wants, but should he come across that woman, he'll do something stupid like cheat on her with the kind of woman he was trying to get away from in the first place. It's not a lot of second chances granted in the realm of that.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Granted
All Day
Chances
First Place
Realm
Second Chances
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Sammy was the only one that looked like me, so I naturally gravitated to him. Sammy made it cool to be black at a time when, let's just say it, it wasn't very cool to be black. His name was on the front of the building in lights, and he had to go in the back. But you never saw him sweat.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Sweat
Naturally
Lights
Looked
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I want to write for people that are trying to do some kind of quality music. What I mean by quality music is not so much the trend, what is hot right now. I don't write trendy, I write what feels good and something that feels good will never get old. Timeless music is what I try to shoot for.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Mean
People
Writing
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Who directed the video 'No More Drama' for Mary J. Blige. I was actually kickin' with J. Lo talking about some music that we're gonna put together, and we were talking about great directors. She said she really, really liked that video and was wondering who directed it, so yeah, I looked it up!
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Drama
Mary
Talking
Video
Yeah
Great Music Together
Blige
Music Great Together
Liked
Directed
Looked
Wondering
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I wrote a song that basically turned into a public service announcement for the fellas out there, like, 'Should you run into this type of woman, run for your life!' So the name of the song is 'Run,' featuring the rapper ScHoolboy Q. It's one of the standouts on the album, in my personal opinion.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Opinion
Public Service
Rapper
Song
Type
Album
Announcement
Basically
Run
Woman
Public
Personal
Schoolboy
Service
Turned
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People are bringing a lot more of that funk element into their music, you know, with Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson - that's one that you never thought you would hear something like that on the radio again 'cause it just sounds so much like the Back Bay and what they were doing with music back then.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Funk
Mark
Mars
Radio
Music People Doing
Bay
Bringing
Cause
Element
Hear
Sounds
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I'm trying to bring something new to the Tin Man. He may be the one without the heart, but he's the most heartfelt guy there. It's a more manly heartfelt, a 'don't feel sorry for me' - type of heartfelt. I don't want to say tougher, because that just sounds stupid. But the Tin Man is a man's man.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Guy
Heartfelt
Manly
Something New
Sorry
Stupid
Tin
Type
Heart Man Me
Bring
Tougher
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When 'Red Tails' came along, all I knew was that they were the first African-American fighter pilots in the U.S. Air Force. I had no idea how deep the story went or about all their amazing achievements. There were a few Tuskegee Airmen on the set to make sure everything was as authentic as possible.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Amazing
African American
Air
Air Force
Fighter
Force
No Idea
Pilots
Red
Tails
Achievements
Authentic
Deep
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There are different kinds of R&B happening today. There's the traditional, more soulful R&B that doesn't get the recognition that it deserves. Then there's the more hip-hop oriented stuff. You got your boy Ty Dolla $ign, people like that, who are bringing more hip-hop elements to R&B, which is cool.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Cool
Different Kinds
Elements
Hip Hop
Recognition
Soulful
Stuff
Today
Traditional
Today Your People
Boy
Bringing
Deserves
Happening
Oriented
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There wasn't a lot of R&B cats doing songs at 120 beats per minute before 'Closer,' which I take full credit and responsibility for. That's all good, but it was an experiment. You experiment with something, if it goes good, cool, but you never forget where you come from and R&B is where I come from.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Cat
Responsibility
Song
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'Battle: Los Angeles' - I've got to say this was easily one of the most physically trying things that I've ever done in my life because I play a Marine in the film, and they had us training with real live Marines for, like, three weeks. It gave me a whole new respect for just the armed forces, period.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Respect
Armed Forces
Battle
Film
Los Angeles
Marine
Training
Life Done Me
Physically
Angeles
Armed
Weeks
Easily
Period
Forces
Gave
Los
Marines
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I needed to be sexier. I needed to be more hip. I needed to be more edgy and this and that. 'No, don't write that kind of song, write this type of song. No, don't work with that producer, work with this producer. No, don't wear those clothes, wear these clothes.' And I didn't want to be a puppet, you know?
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Clothes
Edgy
Needed
Song
Type
Puppet
Wear
Hip
Producer
Sexier
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Temptation is just that - she's the girl you claim you don't want, but in the moment, you have more drinks than you should in the club. One thing leads to another, and suddenly you've done something really stupid. You've jeopardized what could've potentially been a really great relationship, all due to temptation.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Great Relationship
One Thing
Stupid
Temptation
Claim
Club
Due
Drinks
Leads
Potentially
Suddenly
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Guilty pleasure implies that it's something that I feel guilty for watching... people tell me I should feel guilty for watching because I'm too old to watch it, but I don't give a damn: I love everything on Cartoon Network from 'Adventure Time' to 'The Adventures of Gumball', 'Teen Titans'... all those shows that are for my kids, I like those!
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Teen
Adventure
Cartoon
Damn
Guilty
Guilty Pleasure
Pleasure
Titans
Love Time Me
Watch
Implies
Network
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I always tell the story of 'Irreplaceable.' I initially wrote 'Irreplaceable' with myself in mind, with plans of it being my record. I love that record; however, what I realised about that record was that though given the circumstances of that situation - men and women are not that different - when you sing about it, it changes things, you know?
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Circumstances
Given
Irreplaceable
Men And Women
Plans
Realised
Situation
Love Men Women
Women Are
Love Women Men
However
Initially
Record
Sing
Story
Tell
Though
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As of right this second my main focus is my new album, it'll be out probably towards the summertime, predominately R&B this time. I had a little stint with the dance music and all of that, which I had a good time with- and I love the audience, I love them for accepting me doing it -but I had to go home on this one. Had to take it back to my roots, and not to say that there won't be one, maybe two songs on there that the dance crowd can get into, but the majority, the girth of the album, will be R&B.
Ne-Yo / Singer-Songwriter
Home
Roots
Song
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