50 Quotes by Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean, the enigmatic and genre-defying musician, emerged as a trailblazer in the contemporary music landscape. His blend of R&B, soul, and electronic elements, coupled with his introspective lyrics, resonates deeply with listeners seeking emotional authenticity in their music. Ocean's debut album "Channel Orange" earned critical acclaim for its storytelling and innovative production. However, it was his follow-up album "Blonde" that solidified his status as a musical visionary, with its experimental soundscapes and raw vulnerability. Ocean's decision to come out as bisexual in conjunction with the release of "Blonde" also marked a significant moment of LGBTQ+ visibility in the hip-hop and R&B industry. His evocative storytelling, refusal to be confined by genre boundaries, and willingness to use his platform for personal and social expression have positioned Frank Ocean as a beloved and influential figure in modern music.
Frank Ocean Quotes
Why see the world / when you got the beach? (Meaning)
Work hard in silence, let success be your noise. (Quote Meaning)
When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics. (Meaning)
Work hard in silence. (Quote Meaning)
Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.
Those who are heartless, once cared too much. (Meaning)
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.
Just remember; someone loves everything you hate about yourself.
Never run back to what broke you. (Quote Meaning)
I don't know if I ever told you this before, but you're the only one I ever waited for this long.
I believe that marriage isn't between a man and woman but between love and love.
Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.
If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.
Don't ever play with someone's feelings, you could win the game but you could lose that person forever.
Once I catch you in one lie, it makes me question everything you said.
Smile, it's easier than explaning why you're sad (Meaning)
Go for someone who is proud to have you. (Quote Meaning)
You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.
The worse part of being lied to is when you realize you believed it.
I've been thinking about forever
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 recognized.
As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.
I don't know anything and neither do you. (Meaning)
There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness. (Quote Meaning)
As a man I am not a killer. I’m an artist and a modern person. I’ll choose sanity.
Why see the world, when you got the beach?
I don't have any secrets I need kept any more.
My TV ain't HD, that's too real (Meaning)
I'm about being the best. (Quote Meaning)
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.
As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.
When you are happy, you enjoy music, when you are sad, you understand lyrics
I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.
You can't think. You just have to do things. (Meaning)
I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.
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.
I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.
The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.
It's not always easy to be transparent about your emotions and sometimes the music can get heavy.
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.
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.
If it brings me to my knees, it's a bad religion (Quote Meaning)
With my art, it's the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive seasons.
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.
I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie.
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.
Some 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.
The 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.
I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication.
People are just afraid of things too much. (Meaning)
A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.
I might just write a novel next. I don't know!
I'm not a centerfold.
It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.
I 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.
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.
I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.
Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.
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 Quotes
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