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Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.

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
Symmetry
Focus
Story
Stories
People

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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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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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As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.
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Smile, it's easier than explaning why you're sad
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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 don't have any secrets I need kept any more.
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Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.
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I play piano every day. I enjoy that.
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I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.
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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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Just remember someone loves everything you hate about yourself.
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Of course awards matter.
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It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story and all kinds of sonic goodness.
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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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People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.
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Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.
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Go for someone who is proud to have you.
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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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I don't fear anybody... at all.
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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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