Ne-Yo Quotes

Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it - my music, I know I will live forever.

My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.

If somebody wants to sing my songs after I'm gone, nobody will be happier than my dead body.

I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the music's remembered.

When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.

I liked Jim Morrison a lot as a person. He was this very poetic character, and death was always on his mind. And it showed up in his songs - I mean, almost every song he wrote had something to do with dying. He was an American treasure that went way too soon.

Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his 'death,' whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.

Poetry is what we do to break bread with the dead.

Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.

A record is a message, timeless.

I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.

'Let the music play on' would be my legacy.

That's the thing about music: It's forever. Hopefully, you captured a moment musically that has a timeless quality people will find relevant to their lives at any point. That's the whole idea about what I love about art and music.

Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.

I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.

I don't think anyone can measure up to what my father had achieved. I'm just happy to at least play some of his music, but he is really the one who was the pioneer, the one who started all this. He's really The King.

Elvis' songs will always be there, and I hope mine will be after I'm gone.

Sly Stone made such a huge contribution to the good feeling in the universe, and I love him as a singer.

When I'm dead, gone or whatever, people will always remember my name and the music I did during my time.

The spirit of the Ultimate Warrior will live forever.

I shall think of Freddie Mercury every day - maybe for a moment, maybe for longer.

Ultimately, what I want is for my songs to outlive me: I want my songs to keep being played even after I'm gone.