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I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.

Frank Ocean

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Frank Ocean
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: October 28
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We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.
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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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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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Don't feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.
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