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It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.

Frank Ocean

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.
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Life Radio Season Sing Start
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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Acceptance Amount Grandfather Life Mind Pride Smart Terrible
The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool.
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Cool Ideas Inspirational Recognize Strength Versatile
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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Art Career Hope Thinking Want Work
I hope not to define myself by suffering.
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Hope Myself Suffering
Art’s everything we hope life would be, a lot of times.
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Art Hope Life Time
I don’t have any secrets I need kept any more.
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Life Secret
Of course awards matter.
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Award Matter One Liner Success
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.
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Book Growth Idle Inspirational Intention Productive Progress Solid
The Internet is just another experiment showing us more sides of us.
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Character Experiment Internet
How we experience memory sometimes, it’s not linear. We’re not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we’re just seeing it in flashes overlaid.
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Experience Flash Memories Ourselves Story
It’s a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.
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Bad Broken Heart Let Go Love Religion
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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Art Enjoyment Involvement People Sing Song Stupidity
When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‘No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.’
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Success Writing
You can’t think; you just gotta do things.
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Inspirational One Liner Thinking Work Hard
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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Beyond Creator Experience Giving Writing
I’m big on what’s in good taste.
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Big Good Taste Taste
I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake’s important.
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Business Creative Important Person Respect Role Model
I just don’t trust journalists – and I don’t think it’s a good practice for me to trust journalists.
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Journalist Practice Trust
Smile, it’s easier than explaning why you’re sad.
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Easy Explanation Sad Smile
Don’t feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.
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Break Up Broken Heart Feeling Give Up Sad Sorry
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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Alive Challenge Easy Hard Time Immortal Path Period Possible Reward Time
Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.
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Motivational Noise Silence Success Work Hard
I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films.
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Director Film
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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Broken Heart Face Funny Heart Ice Cream Punch Sarcastic
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.
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Afraid Fear Merit People Subject Touch
I play piano every day. I enjoy that.
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Enjoyment Piano Play

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