Ne-Yo Quotes

It doesn't bother me to talk about my private life, it doesn't bother me to talk about anything. My life is like a glass of water, transparent.

I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded 'cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it's also just who I am.

I want to be relatable. I want people to know who I am, but that doesn't mean you get to know everything about me and my life. I think that there's a fine line.

I don't have any secrets; I don't believe in secrets.

You're always weighing whether you should be that accessible or not, but my personality is naturally just to throw it all out there, so I'm much more comfortable with doing thatmy personality is naturally just to throw it all out there, so I'm much more comfortable with doing that.

I get that some people just want to do work and keep their lives private. I think for me, it just felt like I needed to be open about who I am. It just felt like the right thing for me to do.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.

I really am an open book. I don't keep anything in at all, which is good and bad.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

I think I have a very American desire and willingness to divulge everything. I would divulge more if I didn't know it wasn't smart.

I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.

I generally like to be up front and honest and open because that's how I've always been. I have nothing to hide, and I think people relate to you more when you're just yourself.

You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.

My life is pretty much an open book.

I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

When you lay your life out there, you want it to be as true as possible.

I think, in some ways, I like it when people tell me what they're thinking. I would rather have it that way than masquerade as if you're totally unbiased and objective.

If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open.