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 More Quotes by Ne-Yo More Quotes From Ne-Yo 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 roots home song 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 guy want sleep 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. Ne-Yo roles acting play I feel there is always room for good music. I want to reach people's soul with my lyrics through whatever vessel God chooses. Ne-Yo soul want people An idea that will translate really well musically should work visually. I try to write music that you can feel if you were to close your eyes you can see what I am talking about. Ne-Yo eye writing talking 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 back-when suits rats I have my diehard R&B fans on one side of the spectrum and my diehard pop and dance fans on the other side of the spectrum. Ne-Yo pops fans sides I watch cartoons the way most adults watch reality-TV shows. Ne-Yo tv-shows cartoon reality 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 guitar eye men My mom was the picture of the blue-collar mom: Two and three and four jobs to make sure that me and my sister never needed, that was her thing Ne-Yo mom blue jobs I pride myself on being the type of artist who can work half in the R&B world and half in the pop world. Ne-Yo pride artist half 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 dying forever long Grab somebody sexy, tell the hey! Ne-Yo hey sexy 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 gentleman essence years I feel like everything is inspired by something else. There is no 100 percent original thought. Ne-Yo original-thought inspired feels For the first few years of my life my mom used to cut my hair so there were a lot of bowl-cut hair styles Ne-Yo cutting mom hair 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 cat responsibility song I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time. Ne-Yo italian-food cooks italian This is ridiculous. It's been months and for some reason I just can't get over us. I'm stronger than this. Enough is enough; no more walking around with my head down, I'm so over being blue crying over you. Ne-Yo breakup break-up blue When you're dressing on a budget, simplicity is key. Ne-Yo budget dressing you simplicity
