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When you’re happy you enjoy the music, but when you’re sad you understand the lyrics.

Frank Ocean

I believe that marriage isn’t between a man and woman; but between love and love.
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Love Man Marriage Woman
When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‘No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.’
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Success Writing
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
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
Once I catch you in one lie, it makes me question everything you said.
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Catch Lie Question 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
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
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
The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool.
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Cool Fame Internet
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
Of course awards matter.
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Award Matter One Liner Success
Any of us can live without affecting one another.
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Affection Each Other Live Love
When you’re happy you enjoy the music, but when you’re sad you understand the lyrics.
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Enjoyment Happiness Lyrics Music Understand
As 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.
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Book Growth Idle Inspirational Intention Productive Progress Solid
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
Why see the world, when you got the beach?
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Beach Travel World

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