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You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is striking enough, then you can really deliver the story most effectively while keeping the ear of the listener the whole time.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Deliver Ear Effectively Enough Gotta Keeping Listener Listening Make Most Often Put Really Song Story Striking Sure Then Time Times While Whole You

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Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Also Bands Daft Fact Famous Most Never Punk Robot Situation Understanding Wear While Will World

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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.'

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Did Feel Further Going Just Like Should Some Success Write You I Feel

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The work is the work. The work is not me.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Me Work

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Because I'm not in a record deal, I don't have to operate in an album format.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Album Because Deal Format Operate Record Record Deal

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I can't usually stomach a project after I finish it, but for those days and weeks and months that it's new to me, I do listen to it, and it might change over time, but it's about function.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: About After Change Days Finish Function Listen Me Might Months New Over Project Stomach Those Time Weeks

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The way I approach this thing, when I started to get my head screwed on straight and really trying to make something of myself as an artist, when I was 19 or 20, it became more about function for me. Like, what is this song doing to you? What is the function of this type of artform? What is it doing?

~Frank Ocean

Topics: About Approach Artist Became Doing Function Get Head Like Make Me More Myself Really Screwed Something Song Started Straight Thing Trying Type Way You

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When you write a song like 'Forrest Gump,' the subject can't be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Amount Androgynous Effort Like Requires Song Subject Unnecessary Write You

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This has always been my life and no one else's, and that's how it's always been since the day I came in it.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Always Been Came Day Else How Life My Life Since I Came

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I wrote 'Channel Orange' in two weeks. The end product wasn't always that gritty, real-life depiction of the real struggle that happened.

~Frank Ocean

Topics: Always Channel End Gritty Happened Orange Product Real Real-Life Struggle Two Two Weeks Weeks Wrote

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 28th, 1987

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