Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.
FRANK OCEANI 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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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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My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth.
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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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The work is the work. The work is not me.
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There’s just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.
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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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It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.
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It’s hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.
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Just remember; someone loves everything you hate about yourself.
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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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Never run back to what broke you.
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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. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.
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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.
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I’m extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn’t project that all the time.
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