A biography for Ne-Yohasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I'm never going to complain about doing my job. I love what I do!”
“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.”
“I'm good but not great at 'Madden'. I have friends that their whole life is based around this video game.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Auto-tune is good to keep your notes intact, but it doesn't do much for the feel of your voice.”
“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.”
“A Las Vegas show is all-round entertainment. Which means there's some singing, some dancing, some magic, some drama - everything is rolled into that one performance.”
“Beyonce's the kind of artist where you're not gonna see it till it's right.”
“'Let Me Love You' is about being brave enough to let a person get close enough to you to teach you how to love yourself, to teach you the importance of loving yourself.”
“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.”
“I'm heavy into 'Max Payne 3'. That's a good one. I like any of the fighting games and all of the 'Tekken' and 'Street Fighter' series.”
“I don't want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection.”
“Getting involved with the Boys and Girls Club helped keep me and my sister from getting in trouble.”
“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.”
“I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing. I write because I actually enjoy writing.”
“Growing up in Vegas, over time you get to see shows like Tom Jones, Wayne Newton, I mean, The Rat Pack ran Vegas way, way back, and I'm a huge fan of that whole era and vibe.”
“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.”
“My mom has always been a caregiver, and she's perfect in this role leading my foundation.”