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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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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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Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.
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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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I don't intend to stop making music.
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Smile, it's easier than explaning why you're sad
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In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.
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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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When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.
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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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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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Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.
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It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.
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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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