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With my art, it's the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive seasons.

Frank Ocean

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Frank Ocean
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: October 28
Blogger
Composer
Musician
Rapper
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Long Beach
California
Outlive
Depressive
Seasons
Feelings
Art
Thing

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My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.
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Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.
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What do you think my brain is made for? Is it just a container for the mind? This great grey matter, Sensei replied what is your woman, Is she just a container for the child? That soft pink matter
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I don't know if I ever told you this before, but you're the only one I ever waited for this long.
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Why see the world / when you got the beach?
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I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.
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I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know.
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I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication.
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Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.
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It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.
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Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.
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I don't know anything and neither do you.
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Go for someone who is proud to have you.
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When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.
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I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.
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I play piano every day. I enjoy that.
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I might just write a novel next. I don't know!
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We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way.
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The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.
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The work is the work. The work is not me. I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films. Even though it's my voice, I'm a storyteller.
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