People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.
Frank OceanIt's not always easy to be transparent about your emotions and sometimes the music can get heavy.
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, you know.
Frank OceanDon'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.
Frank OceanI don't know if I ever told you this before, but you're the only one I ever waited for this long.
Frank OceanBeing singer/songwriter implies versatility and being able to create more than one medium, and R&B artist is a box, simple as that. It is 'that's what you do, that's what you are', and that's a little unfair, to me, because I don't just do that. So I like singer/songwriter because it allows me to move a little bit more freely.
Frank OceanThe work is the work. The work is not me. I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films. Even though it's my voice, I'm a storyteller.
Frank OceanA friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.
Frank OceanSome people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically.
Frank Ocean