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It’s more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I’m naive, where I’m a novice.

Frank Ocean

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 know anything and neither do you.
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Explore Knowledge Life
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
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
I never think about myself as an artist working in this time. I think about it in macro.
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Artist Myself Thinking
It’s more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I’m naive, where I’m a novice.
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Area Interesting Superior
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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Debut Essential Radio Record Week
My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth.
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Connection Definitely Experience Music Place Truth
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
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
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
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
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
Go for someone who is proud to have you.
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Friendship Love One Liner Proud Relationship
My TV ain’t HD, that’s too real
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Real Television
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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Acceptance Hard Work Past Poor Story

It’s more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I’m naive, where I’m a novice.

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