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I pride myself on being the type of artist who can work half in the R&B world and half in the pop world.

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Ne-Yo
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: October 18
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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.
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Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar.
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My mom was the picture of the blue-collar mom: Two and three and four jobs to make sure that me and my sister never needed, that was her thing
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I watch cartoons the way most adults watch reality-TV shows.
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I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time.
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I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own.
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I feel like everything is inspired by something else. There is no 100 percent original thought.
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Women wanted to be viewed as equals to men. So men were like, 'You wanna be viewed as equal to me, then open your own damn door.' But I still don't view it as an excuse to be an a**hole.
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What is hot now will not be hot tomorrow, I promise you. Trends are made to die. It's the truth.
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