Frank Ocean Quotes

I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.
Frank Ocean

Work, Great, Gift

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.
Frank Ocean

Art, Yourself, Trying

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.
Frank Ocean

Art, Yourself, Trying

It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies.
Frank Ocean

Love, Music, Best

It's cool to be recognised by your peers.
Frank Ocean

Cool, Peers, Recognised

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

Life, Smart, Mind

Of course awards matter.
Frank Ocean

People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.
Frank Ocean

Fear, Afraid, Merit

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.
Frank Ocean

Focus, Story, Both

The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.
Frank Ocean

Writing, Artist, Half

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.
Frank Ocean

Cool, Idea, Using

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.
Frank Ocean

Time, Path, Easy

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.
Frank Ocean

Mom, Father, Hard

Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.
Frank Ocean

Music, Time, Great

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.
Frank Ocean

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: October 28, 1987

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