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Frank Ocean
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: October 28
Blogger
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Long Beach
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Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.
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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.
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Go for someone who is proud to have you.
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You can't think. You just have to do things.
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A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.
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If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.
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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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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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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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It's not always easy to be transparent about your emotions and sometimes the music can get heavy.
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Smile, it's easier than explaning why you're sad
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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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As a man I am not a killer. I’m an artist and a modern person. I’ll choose sanity.
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I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie.
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My TV ain't HD, that's too real
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Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.
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Why see the world / when you got the beach?
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As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
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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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It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.
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