Ne-Yo Quotes

Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body.

I want to tell stories and make people feel good. That's when music is at its finest.

If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.

Always upbeat, always happy, always putting you in a good mood. That's what I want to achieve with my music.

I grew up listening to a lot of Usher at 13 and 14. I have every Usher album that ever existed. So I grew up listening to a lot of Usher, Michael Jackson, Luis Miguel, a lot of pioneers in Latin music.

I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people.

I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.

Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of the music - it takes your worries away and makes you feel good, and I think that's what music is about.

Everything was so fresh and unique to us - it was a whole new world of music. Michael Jackson was so fresh, you know? We could approach it with such fresh ears, which wouldn't be possible if we had been listening to it when we were younger.

Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins.

I've learned how much of an impact that music has on people. I get messages all the time from people telling me what my music means to them and what it has done to them.

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.

I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.

I just love music, and I love what music does for people.

'Remember the Time' and 'You Rock My World' from Michael Jackson were two of my favorite songs ever. My mom used to bump them all the time.

You can consciously make a difference with music. Bob Marley is one of those few artists that everyone can say that they love. He makes you feel good. It's very real.

Overall, I just wanted to release music that would take people through life's different emotions.

I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that's the way I feel when I listen to Avicii's songs. I get happy because his melodies are so happy.

My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.

I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music.