“Don’t ever play with someone’s feelings, you could win the game but you could lose that person forever.”

Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.

If it brings me to my knees, it’s a bad religion.

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

I don’t fear anybody at all.

I’ve gotten used to being Frank Ocean.

I’m about being the best.

It’s not always easy to be transparent about your emotions and sometimes the music can get heavy.

My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth.

The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool.

Of course awards matter.

There’s just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

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.

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.

I’m in this business to be creative – I’ll even diminish it and say to be a content provider.

I’m big on what’s in good taste.

My TV ain’t HD, that’s too real

Sometimes I forget to admire the beauty of not being with you.

When a man leaves you, he won’t be back.

Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe.

We’ll find our love in the sky.

Everybody has a story. And there’s something to be learned from every experience.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.