That is the difference between a good song and a bad song lyrically - if you can listen to it and put yourself in that place, or see that person in that place, normally it is a pretty good song.

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.

I feel like everything is inspired by something else. There is no 100 percent original thought.

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 those people who want to keep following trends, you do that and when the trend goes away so will you.

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.

I feel there is always room for good music. I want to reach people's soul with my lyrics through whatever vessel God chooses.