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" Me and Drake gonna be neighbors if Donald Trump becomes president. "
Ne-Yo
Me
Neighbors
Donald Trump
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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
Cool
Recognition
You
" 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
Story
" I don't want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection. "
Ne-Yo
Perfection
Imperfection
Myself
" Chimere's not mine. That hurt 'cause I had attached myself to this guy, you know. This is my son. I'm looking at him, and I'm picturing I'm gonna be old, and he's gonna be - this is my son! It's not my son. "
Ne-Yo
Looking
Know
You
" With Jay-Z, it's hard not to be amazing. "
Ne-Yo
Jay-Z
Amazing
Hard
" I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing. I write because I actually enjoy writing. "
Ne-Yo
Write
Singing
Love
" I'm the type of guy to put the water on the stove and then walk away and 10 seconds later be like, 'Come on, boil'! "
Ne-Yo
Like
Come
Away
" 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
Live
Saying
Music
" You kinda don't know what's going to make a good song. You've got to shoot around in the dark for a little while. "
Ne-Yo
Going
You
Song
" I write because I actually enjoy writing. It's a plus and a fringe benefit that, you know, I can actually provide for my family and, you know, a few people know my name - that's great. "
Ne-Yo
Great
Family
Writing
" Michael Jackson believed in making music that made people feel good. "
Ne-Yo
Good
People
Feel
" '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
Life
My Life
Respect
" Ms. Clinton - Mrs. Clinton, I should say - she's a favorite of mine. "
Ne-Yo
Should
Say
Favorite
" 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. "
Ne-Yo
Time
Appreciate
Know
" 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
Long
Know
Enough
" 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
Stupid
Man
Sorry
" I'm good but not great at 'Madden'. I have friends that their whole life is based around this video game. "
Ne-Yo
Around
Good
Life
" Auto-tune is good to keep your notes intact, but it doesn't do much for the feel of your voice. "
Ne-Yo
Good
Feel
Keep
" I feel like my music is for everybody. As long as the music is good, I can please everybody. "
Ne-Yo
Like
Music
Feel
" R&B is my home. It's who I am. It's who I've been. It's the first genre I fell in love with. It's the reason why I've been able to do other genres of music. "
Ne-Yo
Reason
Home
I Am
" I've never been the guy to go for the celebrity girl. I've always liked regular girls, regular people, because I've always viewed myself as a regular person who just happens to be gifted in music. "
Ne-Yo
Music
Always
Go
" When you're dressing on a budget, simplicity is key. "
Ne-Yo
Simplicity
Budget
Dressing
" 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
Today
Challenge
Dancing
" 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
Time
Adventure
Teen
" Getting involved with the Boys and Girls Club helped keep me and my sister from getting in trouble. "
Ne-Yo
Trouble
Me
Involved
" 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
Great
Said
She
" 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
Blessed
Appearance
Doing
" Hats have been my thing pretty much my whole life but finance has not. I would go to the corner store and buy really cheap baseball style caps and wear those to school. "
Ne-Yo
Baseball
Finance
Style
" Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me. "
Ne-Yo
Reality
Song
Me
" I grew up in Las Vegas. My mom worked in pretty much every casino on the Strip. "
Ne-Yo
Up
Much
Casino