I don’t intend to stop making music.
FRANK OCEANI don’t intend to stop making music.
FRANK OCEANWhen you write a song like ‘Forrest Gump,’ the subject can’t be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort.
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.
FRANK OCEANAs 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 OCEANI’ve gotten used to being Frank Ocean.
FRANK OCEANWe 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 OCEANI 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 OCEANThe work is the work. The work is not me.
FRANK OCEANI don’t have any secrets I need kept any more.
FRANK OCEANI’m extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn’t project that all the time.
FRANK OCEANAny of us can live without affecting one another.
FRANK OCEANArt’s everything we hope life would be, a lot of times.
FRANK OCEANJust remember; someone loves everything you hate about yourself.
FRANK OCEANIt’s cool to be recognised by your peers.
FRANK OCEANDistance sometimes lets you know who’s worth keeping and who’s worth letting go.
FRANK OCEANWe 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