19 Quotes & Sayings By Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean was born on August 16, 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His first album as a solo artist, Channel Orange, released on Def Jam Recordings, received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2013 Album of the Year Grammy Award. He has since followed up with Nostalgia, Ultra (2016), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and spawned the hit single "Nikes". His latest release Lemonade (2017) debuted at number one on the Billboard chart and was met with universal acclaim Read more

Upon its release, it became the first album to be streamed over one billion times on Spotify. Frank Ocean currently resides in Los Angeles.

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If you could see my thoughts, you could see our faces. Frank Ocean
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No, I don't like you, I just thought you were cute enough to kiss you. Frank Ocean
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The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool. Frank Ocean
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It's cool to be recognised by your peers. Frank Ocean
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The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me. Frank Ocean
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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. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio. Frank Ocean
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Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation. Frank Ocean
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Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous. Frank Ocean
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Obviously, the cinematography of films is art, just as a still shot can be art. If I'm watching a Wes Anderson movie, the colour palettes alone, and the way they're painted, could be art. With music, you're a little bit limited, of course, because it's only audio. Frank Ocean
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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. Frank Ocean
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As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book. Frank Ocean
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People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. Frank Ocean
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I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. Frank Ocean
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There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness. Frank Ocean
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Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time. Frank Ocean
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All in all, I just don't trust journalists - and I don't think it's a good practice for me to trust journalists. Frank Ocean
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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. Frank Ocean
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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. Frank Ocean