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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.

Frank Ocean

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Frank Ocean
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: October 28
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Just remember someone loves everything you hate about yourself.
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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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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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Of course awards matter.
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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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When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.
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Smile, it's easier than explaning why you're sad
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Being singer/songwriter implies versatility and being able to create more than one medium, and R&B artist is a box, simple as that. It is 'that's what you do, that's what you are', and that's a little unfair, to me, because I don't just do that. So I like singer/songwriter because it allows me to move a little bit more freely.
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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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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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Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.
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If it brings me to my knees, it's a bad religion
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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'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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Why see the world / when you got the beach?
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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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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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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 know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.
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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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