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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

Men

Women

" Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me. "

Ne-Yo

Reality

Song

" 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. "

" I don't want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection. "

" The Auto-Tune makes everybody sound the same and takes away all of the emotion because you're singing through this machine, and of course your taking all of this emotion out of your voice for the most part. "

" Beyonce's the kind of artist where you're not gonna see it till it's right. "

" I pride myself on being the type of artist who can work half in the R&B world and half in the pop world. "

" For me to be here at album number six, it's kind of a way to say, 'Thank you for allowing me to be here... to still be around.' "

Ne-Yo

You

Kind

" Ms. Clinton - Mrs. Clinton, I should say - she's a favorite of mine. "

" I've never viewed myself as above anybody else or anything like that. I'm a regular guy at the end of the day. I like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and The Powerpuff Girls. "

" I'm a fan of FKA Twigs, The Weeknd. I love that kind of ambient R&B. I feel like it's just another soldier in the war to blur the lines and make things to where it's good music and bad music. "

" Back in the day, Motown was on the pulse of young America. It wasn't about just dope contemporary. It was pop, it was R&B, it was all of that. "

" I'm a rather multifaceted person - or at least I like to fashion myself as such - so my dreams are multifaceted. For example, I had a dream of winning a Grammy, right? I've done that three times over. "

" We are in a good place. Her name is Crystal Renay. She has much promise. Yes, much promise. Quality. "

" I feel, as an artist, that we don't do enough to appreciate our fans. We are in this position because of the fans, and it's really a blessing. "

" We're falling into a place where melody is somewhat lacking in music. Everybody feels like, okay, too much melody or too much harmony, and it kind of goes over people's heads; they don't understand it. "

" 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. "

" Me being an artist working with dancers and seeing how hard they work, they are the first to show up and the last to leave. They work just as hard, if not harder, than me - and they never get credit for it. "

Ne-Yo

Credit

Artist

" I dreamed of one day starring in a film. I've done that twice. Denzel Washington has done it countless times, so I still got some work to do. "

" My mom has always been a caregiver, and she's perfect in this role leading my foundation. "

" Auto-tune is good to keep your notes intact, but it doesn't do much for the feel of your voice. "

" 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. "

" For starters, I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which I would play a singer or a songwriter. When I act, I don't even want to be thought of as Ne-Yo. "

" 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. "

" Michael Jackson believed in making music that made people feel good. "

" Via social media, I reached out, asking about relationships, dreams, hopes, fears, the whole gambit, and the stories that really resonated with me, I wrote songs about. "

Ne-Yo

Dreams

Media

" Now that I have kids, I want my kids to appreciate my music, but at the same time, I don't want to teach them anything that they shouldn't know just yet. "

" 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. "

" 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

Building

Time

" 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. "