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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.

Frank Ocean

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
It’s cool to be recognised by your peers.
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Cool Peer Recognize
Just remember; someone loves everything you hate about yourself.
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Deep Hate Love Remember Yourself
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
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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Communication Feeling Radio Sing Talk Tune Writing
I don’t fear anybody at all.
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Attitude Bold Fear One Liner
I believe that marriage isn’t between a man and woman; but between love and love.
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Love Man Marriage Woman
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 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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Break Up I Miss You Relationship Wait
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
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
My TV ain’t HD, that’s too real
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Real Television
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 guess I’m just inspired to tell stories.
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Guess Story
I don’t have any secrets I need kept any more.
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Life Secret
When you write a song like ‘Forrest Gump,’ the subject can’t be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort.
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Effort Requirement Song Subject Unnecessary Writing
Don’t ever play with someone’s feelings, you could win the game but you could lose that person forever.
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Break Up Ditch Feeling Forever Game Lose Person Play
Why see the world, when you got the beach?
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Beach Travel World
Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.
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Motivational Noise Silence Success Work Hard
I’m in this business to be creative – I’ll even diminish it and say to be a content provider.
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Business Content Creative Diminish Provide
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 believe that I’m one of the best in the world at what I do, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted to be.
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Believe Success Want World
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
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.
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Focus People Story
Go for someone who is proud to have you.
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Friendship Love One Liner Proud Relationship
Here’s what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play.
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Important Journalism Music Play Press Thinking
If it brings me to my knees, it’s a bad religion.
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Bad Knees Love Relationship Religion

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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