Ne-Yo sat down with Amaru Don TV and gave his very blunt opinion regarding music artists abusing auto-tune. He also discussed his feelings regarding sustaining romantic relationships in the music industry.
On Auto-Tune
“Auto-tune was meant to be a safety net, right[…]It was not supposed to be wings. You’re not supposed to strap it on your back and jump off the building. That’s not what auto-tune was meant to be. If you’re using it for what it’s meant for, cool, fine, and good[…]not, “I can’t sing at all, so let’s turn auto-tune all the way up so I just sound like Willy the Robot.” That wack! That’s terrible! It takes all the character out of your voice and you become a robot[…]Take the damn training wheels off. That’s how I feel about it.”
On Balancing Love and the Industry
“Women throw themselves at me all the time. All the time…and I have to be cordial, I have to be nice. I can’t go, “Sorry ladies, I have a girlfriend,” I can’t do that because that’s career suicide. It’s difficult. It’s very, very difficult for any woman to be with any entertainer, or ball player, or whatever the case may be. It’s a difficult thing to do and you have to be a very strong, very sure of yourself woman in order to do it. Love and the music industry are almost oil and water a little bit.”
